Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1259 of 2012 Rakesh Paswan & Ors. Versus The State Of Bihar 2. 16.01.2012. Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . For some labour dispute free fight took place when the petitioners’ side also made assault. The injury has been found to be simple. There is counter version of occurrence also in which the petitioners’ sides have also received injury and for the occurrence of 30.01.2011 F.I.R. was lodged on 05.03.2011 and considering the same other accused have been granted anticipatory bail. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners, Rakesh Paswan, Ramshakal Paswan and Shashi Bhushan Paswan, 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 Bihta P.S. Case No. 58 2 of 2011 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 A.C.J.M. Danapur, Patna, 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.