Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42273 of 2012 (2) dt.30-11-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.42273 of 2012 ====================================================== Lal Babu Sah .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance: For the petitioner : Mr. Naresh Chandra Verma, Advocate For the State : Mr Ram Priya Sharan Singh, A. P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 30.11.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 6.8.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Although the petitioner is named in the first information report but no specific overt-act has been attributed against him rather general allegation of setting the house of the informant on fire has been levelled against the petitioner and all other accused persons. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Lal Babu Sah, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj in Baikunthpur P.S. Case no. 37/2012. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)

Applicable IPC Section: 436

Statute Text:
Section 436 of the Indian Penal Code. Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy house etc. Whoever commits mischief by fire or any explosive substance, intending to cause, or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby cause the destruction of any building which is ordinarily used as a place of worship or as a human dwelling or as a place for the custody of property, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.