Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.43315 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Devi Dayal Mahto @ Daiv Dayal Mahto 2. Jatra Mahto 3. Ganga Mahto 4. Indrason Mahto 5. Tileshwar Mahto 6. Shambhu Kumar Mahto @ Shambhu Mahto .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 19-12-2012 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and Section 3(1)(X) of the S.C. & S.T.(Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Accusation is of entering into the house, making assault and abusing by calling caste name. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioners are the next door neighbour of the informant and there was a dispute with regard to path between the parties when for the occurrence of 21.03.2012 the F.I.R. has been registered on 23.03.2012 and admittedly the occurrence has not taken place in public view. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43315 of 2012 (2) dt.19-12-2012 2 / 2 2 Considering the same, let the petitioners, above named, 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saran at Chapra in connection with Hajipur S.C./S.T. P.S. Case No. 117 of 2012. 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.