- Essential Elements of Section 504 of IPC
- Intentional insult
- The insult must be such as to give provocation to the person insulted, and
- The accused must intend or know that such provocation would cause another to break the public peace or to commit any other offence.
- The intentional insult must be of such a degree that should provoke a person to break the public peace or to commit any other offence.
