Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39971 of 2012 ====================================================== Dr. Jawed Alam @ Dr. Javed Alam .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 01-11-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusations are of litting fire in the house of the informant and making assault. It is submitted that the accusation has been levelled in the background of the dispute with regard to the sale deed and the informant has retracted from the initial version and has filed a petition to that effect before the learned court below. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of twelve 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 ACJM, Bagaha in connection with Bagaha Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39971 of 2012 (2) dt.01-11-2012 2/2 (Pathkhauli) P.S. Case No. 505 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. The bail bonds of the petitioner will be accepted if the informant appears and accepts the filing of compromise petition. Anil/- (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.