Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.26005 of 2012 ====================================================== Bachchu Mahto .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 30-07-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that petitioner entered into the house of the informant and assaulted with fists and slaps to the informant. It is specifically alleged against Dilip Mahto to have set the house of the informant on fire. It is alleged against this petitioner to have sprinkled kerosene oil. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is the agnate of the informant and for the occurrence of 10.03.2011 the complaint was filed on 14.03.2011 which came to be registered as police case on 04.04.2011. A statement has been made in para 9 of the petition that petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26005 of 2012 (3) dt.30-07-2012 2 / 2 2 Considering the fact that specific accusation of litting fire against Dilip Mehto, let the petitioner namely Bachchu Mahto, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Samastipur in connection with Patory P.S. Case No. 55 of 2011. Shageer/- (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.