Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24727 of 2012 ====================================================== Srikant Singh & Anr. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 23-07-2012 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of putting the hut of the informant on fire, resulting into destruction of grains, clothes and cash of Rs. 15,000/-. A statement has been made in para 10 of the petition that petitioners have clean antecedent. Considering the same, let the petitioners namely 1. Srikant Singh 2. Manoj Singh @ Tunu Singh, 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 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24727 of 2012 (2) dt.23-07-2012 2 / 2 2 learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nawada in connection with Kashichak(Sahpur) P.S. Case No. 10 of 2012. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.