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: 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.