Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.11271 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Harishankar Tiwari son of lae Ramanand Tiwari 2. Bhushan Tiwari @ Bharat Bhushan Tiwari 3. Pramod Kumar Tiwari alias Pramod Tiwari, sons of Harishankar Tiwari, all resident of Vilalge-Urda, P.S. Chenari, District Rohtas presently residing at Thikedar Colony, Shaktinagar, P.S. Sahktinagar, District-Mirjapur (Uttar Pradesh) .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Raghunandan Kumar Singh, Advocater. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVAJI PANDEY ORAL ORDER 2 06-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. This application has been filed for quashing the order dated 12.7.2010 passed in Complaint Case No. 221 of 2010, Tr. No. 2329 of 2010 by the Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Sasaram by which he has taken cognizance against the petitioners under [STATUTE] . From the complaint petition it appears that there was civil dispute in between the parties because father-in- law of the petitioners has executed a deed of will which led to filing of probate case. Probate case is still pending. This Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11271 of 2011 (2) dt.06-07-2012 2 / 2 2 complaint case has been filed with regard to making allegation that the petitioners have gone to his house for demand of rangdari and when it was objected the allegation has been made that complainant was assaulted. These are matter of facts. At this stage the same can not be looked into. Accordingly this application is dismissed. However, the petitioners will be at liberty to raise all the points before the court below at the appropriate stage. Vinay/- (Shivaji Pandey, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 504

Statute Text:
Section 504 of the Indian Penal Code. Insult intended to provoke breach of the peace. Whoever intentionally insults, and thereby gives provocation to any person, intending or knowing it to be likely that such provocation will cause him to break the public peace, or to commit any other offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.