Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.10231 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Arjun Chaudhary S/O Sri Naresh Chaudhary Resident Of Village- Salempur, P.S.- Haspura, District- Aurangabad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. 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 02-04-2012 Petitioner is apprehending is arrest in a case registered for offence punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of making assault and putting fire to the thatched house of the informant out of fighting which had taken place between the husband of the informant and the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that it was the informant who herself put the thatched house on fire and lodged the case. Considering the aforesaid, let petitioner named above be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Haspura P.S. case no.79 fof 2009 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.10231 of 2012 (2) dt.02-04-2012 2 / 2 2 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. sudip/- (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.