Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12887 of 2012 (3) dt.30-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.12887 of 2012 ====================================================== Jagdish Mahto .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 3 30-05-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. This is a petition for grant of anticipatory bail in a case under [STATUTE] and 3(X), 3(XV), 3(2- iii) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It is alleged that fifteen persons entered into the house of the informant and destroyed the articles as well as burnt the house. Leaned counsel for the State submits that there is nothing in the case diary to suggest that the articles were destroyed or the house was set on fire. It is further alleged that the petitioner is the order giver. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the trial court being satisfied with the age of the petitioner about eighty years, let the above named petitioner be Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12887 of 2012 (3) dt.30-05-2012 released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhubani in connection with Khajauli P. S. Case No. 144 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr. P. C. Kundan/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.