Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16743 of 2012 (2) dt.07-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16743 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Firozi Khatoon, 2. Md. Ehteshamuddin alias Itteshamuddin alias Babu Saheb, 3. Md. Enamuddin alias Enamuddin alias Lal Babu, 4. Rabia Khatoon alias Bunni .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 07-05-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] and section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The accusation is of abusing the complainant and complainant’s sister in law by calling caste name. It is submitted that at earlier point of time the petitioners’ side lodged a case under [STATUTE] against the husband in which the informant was also made accused when allegation was levelled that the husband of petitioner no. 1 had illicit relationship with the informant. It is further submitted that the informant retracted from the initial version. Considering the case lodged by the petitioners side at Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16743 of 2012 (2) dt.07-05-2012 earlier point of time and retracted version of the informant, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhepura in connection with Madhepura P.S. Case No. 331 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.