Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1222 of 2012 ====================================================== Ram Chandra Sah .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== 2 17-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . One truck which was seized loaded with twenty drums of spirit was found burnt in the police station. The informant did not see anybody setting the truck on fire but it was suspected that the truck belongs to the son of this petitioner, who in order to claim from insurance, set the truck on fire. A supplementary affidavit has been filed that the investigation is still pending. Considering the fact that the accusation is based on suspicion and the thrust of accusation is against the son of the petitioner, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi in connection with Sitamarhi P.S. Case No. 34 of 2004 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Amrendra Kumar/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 427

Statute Text:
Section 427 of the Indian Penal Code. Mischief, and thereby causing damage to the amount of 50 rupees or upwards. Whoever commits mischief and thereby causes loss or damage to the amount of fifty rupees or upwards, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.