Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1205 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Rekha Kumari 2. Manju Devi .... .... Petitioners Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== 2 17-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the informant woke up on seeing the fire in the house subsequently she saw the petitioners fleeing away from the place of occurrence. Considering the suspicious nature of accusation and the fact that the petitioner are female, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing the 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, Katihar in connection with Kadwa P.S. Case No. 203/2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (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.