Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.40657 of 2012 ====================================================== Sharad Kumar @ Sonu .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Parties. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 22-11-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband of the complainant is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and ¾ of the D. P. Act. The accusation is of torture. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that ex-parte decree for divorce has been passed in matrimonial case. In the circumstances, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Complaint Case No. 437 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40657 of 2012 (2) dt.22-11-2012 2 / 2 2 with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M., Daudnagar, Aurangabad, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.