Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.13856 of 2012 ====================================================== Ramnaresh Paswan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... 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 17-04-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in Patahi P.S. Case no. 52 of 2010 in connection with a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] ., ¾ of Explosive Substances Act and ¾ of Public Property Damage Act pending in the court of S.D.J.M. Sikarhana at Motihari, East Champaran. . According to the prosecution case when the informant arrived at the school he found the door of library of school opened with some explosion marks and one live bomb was also recovered. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that first information report was lodged against unknown and subsequently petitioner’s name has come on Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.13856 of 2012 (2) dt.17-04-2012 2 / 2 2 the statement of one witness that petitioner has been seen one day before in the area of school. . It appears that petitioner’s prayer for bail has been rejected by the Sessions Judge vide order passed in A.B.P. No. 1665 of 2011. I see no reason for the learned court below not to give the same privilege to the petitioner if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks. With the above observation, this application is, accordingly, disposed of. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. M.Rahman/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 427

Statute Text:
Section 427 of the Indian Penal Code. Mischief, and thereby causing damage to the amount of 50 rupees or upwards. Whoever commits mischief and thereby causes loss or damage to the amount of fifty rupees or upwards, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.