Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42598 of 2012 (2) dt.17-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.42598 of 2012 ====================================================== Bipin Upadhyay .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 17-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation against the petitioner and other accused persons to have set the hutment of the informant on fire resulted into burning of the grains. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that other accused Madan Upadhyay has been granted regular bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 36820 of 2012. This Court sees no reason for learned court below not to give same privilege to the petitioner, if the petitioner surrenders before the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42598 of 2012 (2) dt.17-12-2012 learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Kotwa (Bhopatpur O.P.) P.S. Case No. 144 of 2012 pending in the court of learned CJM, East Champaran at Motihari. With the aforesaid observation, this application is disposed of. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. DKS/ (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.