Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17522 of 2012 ====================================================== Akhilesh Kumar @ Akhilesh Mahto .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 11-05-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 3(1) (x) of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The accusation is of making assault and abusing by calling caste name. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that earlier mother of the informant lodged a case against the father of the petitioner under [STATUTE] which was found false found and father of the petitioner made a complaint against the father of the informant for getting the job on the basis of forged certificate then the present case has been lodged. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17522 of 2012 (2) dt.11-05-2012 2/2 Considering the nature of accusation in the background of strained relationship between the parties, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rosera, District - Samastipur in connection with Bibhutipur P.S. Case No. 235 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.