Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.30226 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Binod Rai 2. Nand Kishore Rai .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 27-08-2012 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 the house of the informant on fire. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the informant has retracted from his initial version and filed a petition to that effect before the learned court below. Let the learned court below consider the regular bail prayer of the petitioners, if the petitioners surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30226 of 2012 (2) dt.27-08-2012 2/2 connection with Motipur P.S. Case No. 54 of 1999 pending in the court of learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate (West), Muzaffarpur. With the aforesaid observation, this application is disposed of. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioners. DKS/ (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.