Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.30733 of 2012 ====================================================== Rev. Alfred Andrwes @ Alfred Andrews .... .... Petitioner/s Versus State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.26771 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Awadhesh Prasad Singh @ Awadhesh Singh 2. Shyam Narain Singh. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 6 26-11-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners, informant and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged against the petitioners and others that they are alienating the property of the Church situating at Buxar when part of the property is being leased out for ninety years which is against the interest of the Church. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that earlier also with similar accusation, the prosecution was launched which was quashed vide Cr. Misc. No. 9571 of 2006 which gets Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30733 of 2012 (6) dt.26-11-2012 2/2 reflected from the order as contained in Annexure-3. It is further submitted that the Title Suit NO. 30 of 2005 is also pending for the same cause of action. It is submitted by learned counsel for the informant that fraudulently, the Church property is being alienated by the petitioners and others. Considering the accusation arising out of civil nature of dispute, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Buxar in connection with Buxar (T) P.S. Case No. 184 of 2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 295

Statute Text:
Section 295 of the Indian Penal Code. Destroying, damaging or defiling a place of worship or sacred object with intent to insult the religion of any class of persons. Whoever destroys, damages or defiles any place of worship, or any object held sacred by any class of persons with the intention of thereby insulting the religion of any class of persons or with the knowledge that any class of persons is likely to consider such destruction, damage or defilement as an insult to their religion, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.