public or to any person, causes the
destruction of any property or any such change in any property or in the
situation thereof as destroys ... come to Section 3 Damage of Public Property Act :
Mischief causing damage to public property - (1) Whoever commits
mischief by doing any act in respect
committing mischief in respect of public property:-[i]
Whoever commits mischief by doing any act in respect of any property and thereby
causes damage ... imprisonment for a term of less
than one year.
4. Mischief causing damage to property by fire or explosive substance:-
Whoever commits mischief by fire
which reads as under.:-
"3. Mischief causing damage to public property.-
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.45503 ... mischief as
defined under Section 425 of the IPC. Keeping in mind the pre-
requisites of mischief causing damage to public property as narrated
property of the de facto complainant and committed
mischief by causing damage to the property and also threatened
the de facto complainant with dire consequences ... such, the question of trespassing into the
said property by the petitioners and causing mischief does not
arise.
5. The said factual aspect
offence.
Section 332 IPC Voluntarily causing hurt to deter
public servant from his duty.--Whoever voluntarily causes
hurt to any person being a public servant ... public or to any person,
causes the destruction of any property, or an such change in
any property or in the situation thereof as destroys
public or to any person, causes the destruction of
any property, or any such change in any property or in the
situation thereof as destroys ... Property Act, 1984, lays down as under:
"3. Mischief causing damage to public property-
(1) Whoever commits mischief by doing any act in respect
damage to public property.(1) Whoever
commits mischief by doing any act in respect of any public property, other
than public property of the nature ... Damage to Public Property Act
reads as under:
4. Mischief causing damage to public property by fire or
explosive substance. Whoever commits an offence under
property.
(1)XXX
(2) Whoever commits mischief by doing any act in respect of any public property
being
(a) Any building, installation or other property ... prosecution was required to prove that
accused committed mischief i.e. she caused destruction to public property with the
intent or knowledge that the same
possession of immovable property otherwise than in accordance with law for setting-up false claims for title or possession of immovable property whether in himself ... occupiers of public or private undertakings or factories and causing mischief in respect of their properties, or
(xiii) inducing or attempting to induce any person
that in a case in which "mischief to a property is alleged to have been caused, such a case is compoundable by the person ... damage is caused meaning thereby that if the 'mischief is alleged to have been caused to a government property, it is the government, which
