Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.21436 of 2012 ====================================================== Badri Narayan Mishra .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Anita Kumari No.1, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Arun Kumar Pandey, A.,P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVAJI PANDEY ORAL ORDER 2 24-05-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. In this case petitioner is apprehending his arrest in Balia P.S.Case No. 143 of 2011 registered for offences [STATUTE] it has been alleged that the Mukhiya had withdrawn excess money than what was allocated to the Gram Panchayat. It has been submitted that the money was used for installation of solar lamp. Counsel for the petitioner submits that the Mukhiya has been granted anticipatory bail in Cr.Misc. No. 9819 of 2012. In the facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of arrest or surrender within 4 weeks from to-day, petitioner Badri Narayan Mishra is directed to be released on anticipatory bail on his furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21436 of 2012 (2) dt.24-05-2012 2 / 2 2 two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in Balia P.S.Case No. 143 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down [STATUTE] (2) Cr.P.C. Jay/- (Shivaji Pandey, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 438

Statute Text:
Section 438 of the Indian Penal Code. The mischief described in the last section when committed by fire or any explosive substance. Whoever commits, or attempts to commit, by fire or any explosive substance, such mischief as is described in the last preceding section. 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.