# 436 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 1 [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.
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1. Subs. by Act 26 of 1955, s. 117 and the Sch., for "transportation for life" (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).
Of Mischief
432
Mischief by causing inundation or obstruction to public drainage attended with damage433
Mischief by destroying, moving or rendering less useful a light-house or sea-mark434
Mischief by destroying or moving, etc., a land-mark fixed by public authority435
Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to cause damage to amount of one hundred or (in case of agricultural produce ) ten rupees437
Mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a decked vessel or one of twenty tons burden438
Punishment for the mischief described in section 437 committed by fire or explosive substance439
Punishment for intentionally running vessel agroun, or ashore with intent to commit theft, etc
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