Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4744 of 2012 ====================================================== Satyendra Paswan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Ors .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 22-02-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and Section 3/5 of the Explosive Substances Act and Section 17 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act. On suspicion the raid was conducted when petitioner and others were found fleeing away but from the ditch explosive smell were coming out and some articles were recovered. A statement has been made in the petition that petitioner has no criminal antecedent and for the occurrence of 31.08.2008 the F.I.R. was lodged on 01.09.2008 which was transmitted to the learned Court below on 05.09.2008. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4744 of 2012 (2) dt.22-02-2012 2 / 2 2 The delayed transmission of the F.I.R. clouds the bona fide of the accusation, let the petitioner namely Satyendra Paswan, in the event of his arrest or surrender before learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail 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, Aurangabad in connection with Dhibra P.S. Case No. 14 of 2008. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 431

Statute Text:
Section 431 of the Indian Penal Code. Mischief by injury to public road, bridge, navigable river, or navigable channel and rendering it impassable or less safe for travelling or conveying property. Whoever commits mischief by doing any act which renders or which he knows to be likely to render any public road, bridge, navigable river or navigable channel, natural or artificial, impassable or less safe for travelling or conveying property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with both.