Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4927 of 2012 ====================================================== Birendra Manjhi @Birendra son of Kali Manjhi resident of Mohalla- Godhwari Bhirav Asthan P.S. Rampur, Distt-Gaya. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH) 2 01-02-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with a case registered under [STATUTE] . It is contended that though there is allegation in the FIR that two of the accused persons including the petitioner assaulted upon the head of the informant with lathi, the Doctor on examination could find only one lathi injury on the head of the informant. The petitioner is an employee of Lodging House Committee where the informant is also employed. The dispute arose due to payment of wages to the workers of the Lodging House Committee. Considering the nature of allegation and facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner named above is directed to be released on bail on his executing a bond with two solvent sureties, each in sum of Rs. 10, 000/- (ten thousand) to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya in connection with Civil Line P.S. Case No. 306 of 2011 subject to the conditions (i) that both the bailors will be close relative of the petitioner who will give separate affidavit giving Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4927 of 2012 (2) dt.01-02-2012 2 / 2 2 genealogy as to how they are related with the petitioner, (ii) that the petitioner shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him to disclose such facts to the Court or to any other authority, (iii) that he shall remain present before the Court on the dates fixed for bearing of the case. If he wants to remain absent, then he shall take prior permission of the Court and in case of compelling and unavoidable circumstance for remaining absent, he shall immediately inform the Court and request that he may be permitted to be present through the counsel and (iv) that liberty is given to the State to make an appropriate application for modification/recalling the order granting bail, if for any reason, the petitioner violates any of the conditions imposed by this Court. Prakash/- (Ashwani 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.