Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.12067 of 2012 ====================================================== Rustam Khan & Ors. .... .... Petitioners Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 10-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of litting fire when the motor cycle of the informant got burnt. It is alleged against the petitioners that they were seen running away from the place of occurrence. It is submitted that the informant has admitted that there was land dispute between the parties. Considering the fact that as per the F.I.R. the informant did not see the petitioners litting fire, let the petitioners, Rustam Khan, Aslam Khan and Meraj Khan, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12067 of 2012 (2) dt.10-04-2012 2 / 2 2 within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Kuchaikot P.S. Case No. 251 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Gopalganj, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.