Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27740 of 2012 (2) dt.25-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 27740 of 2012 ====================================================== Gopal Pandit .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== For the State :- Mr. Suresh Prasad Singh, A. P. P. CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 25-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail in a case under [STATUTE] and 3(1) (X) Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It is alleged that the petitioner along with others came and abused the informant by calling caste name and damaged the house of the informant and said that no house will remain in the village. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the other co-accused having similar allegation has been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 11.06.2012 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 21047 of 2012. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27740 of 2012 (2) dt.25-07-2012 the case, the petitioner above named is ordered to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.5,000/- (five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur in connection with Bhagalpur SC/ST P. S. Case No. 37 of 2008. Kundan/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.