Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.26939 of 2012 ====================================================== Rajan Kumar & Anr. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 02-08-2012 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that petitioners being Branch Manager and Chairman of the Co-operative Bank were handed over Rs. 50,000/- by the complainant for preparation of Kisan Credit Card when card was not prepared nor money was returned. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that there is no proof with regard to the payment and maliciously the case has been lodged. It is further submitted that learned Sessions Judge has failed to consider the anticipatory bail application of the petitioners since summons were issued against the petitioner. It is a settled law that apprehension of being arrest in cognizable offence arises even on issuance of summons. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26939 of 2012 (2) dt.02-08-2012 2 / 2 2 Considering the same, let the petitioners namely 1. Rajan Kumar 2. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, in the event of their 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) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Hilsa, Nalanda in connection with Complaint Case No. 718C 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.