Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22740 of 2012 (3) dt.18-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.22740 of 2012 ====================================================== Awadhesh Yadav & Anr. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 18.07.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioners are in jail custody since 13.4.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] and 3(i)(X) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that matter has already been compromised between the parties. Considering the aforesaid submission as well as this aspect of the matter that petitioners were only seen by the informant running from the place of the occurrence, let the petitioners, Awadhesh Yadav and Baidehi Yadav, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jehanabad in Makhdumpur P.S. Case no. 37/2012. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.