Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.18134 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Ram Chandra Yadav 2. Siko Yadav @ Sikandar Yadav 3. Bikeshwar Yadav 4. Udeshwar Yadav 5. Vijay Yadav 6. Rudal Yadav 7. Asha Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 15-05-2012 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and Section 3(1)(X) of the S.C. & S.T.(Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Accusation is of making assault, putting the hutment on fire and abusing by calling caste name. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that accusation is not specific as there is general accusation alleged against thirteen accused persons when accusation has been levelled in the background of some dispute with regard to right of path. It is further submitted that the I.O. has not found any sign of burning in the house of the informant when the case was instituted on 06.12.2011 which was transmitted to the learned Court below on 08.12.2011. Considering the accusation in the background of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.18134 of 2012 (2) dt.15-05-2012 2 / 2 2 dispute with regard to right of path when accusation has been levelled against thirteen persons, let the petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the 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) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in connection with Bakhari P.S. Case No. 308 of 2011. Shageer/- (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.