A case has been filed in a Bihar court against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for insulting the national flag, a lawyer said on Wednesday.

The case was filed in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate in Muzaffarpur district.

The court has fixed 16 July for the hearing.

Prakash Kumar, a resident of Pokhraira village, said Modi insulted the national flag on International Yoga Day (June 21) by using it as a mere piece of cloth, sat on it and also used it to wipe his hands and face.

"Modi's acts were an insult to the national flag and it hurt millions in the country," the petitioner said.

The Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 states:

Whoever in any public place or in any other place within public view burns, mutilates, defaces, defiles, disfigures, destroys, tramples upon or otherwise shows disrespect to or brings into contempt (whether by words, either spoken or written, or by acts) the Indian National Flag or the Constitution of India or any part thereof, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend tothree years, or with fine, or with both.

The petitioner has also submitted a series of pictures downloaded from the internet as evidence in support of his petition.

Or, you can Google some pictures of Modi who appeared to have been wearing a tri-color scarf for this year's Yoga day party.