Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.15801 of 2012 ====================================================== Anil Kumar Singh @ Anil Kumar @ Anil Prasad, Son of Late Lakshmi Prasad. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 2 26-04-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioner, who is languishing in custody 20.01.2012, seeks bail in a case registered under [STATUTE] . In this case, instituted against unknown, on recovery of a dead-body of unknown female from a well, petitioner’s name emerged subsequently during investigation after identification of the deceased being petitioner brother’s wife. Submission is of non-commission of earlier offence by the petitioner and accusation, if any, appears against the husband of the deceased, who is said to have apart from other relations some intimate relations with the wife of the petitioner which was opposed by the deceased. Further, there appears nothing emerging specific against the petitioner except that at no point of time he informed anyone about the missing of brother’s wife. Further, it is also submitted that petitioner lives separately etc. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15801 of 2012 (2) dt.26-04-2012 2 / 2 2 the person against whom main accusation is (husband of the deceased) has already been in custody, the petitioner above named is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nalanda at Bihar Sharif, in connection with Noor Sarai P.S. Case No. 79 of 2011, subject to condition to attend the court regularly on each and every date till disposal of the case and in case of failure on two consecutive dates, without giving any reasonable explanation, the privilege granted shall be deemed to be cancelled. Praveen-II/- (Akhilesh Chandra, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 201

Statute Text:
Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code. Causing disappearance of evidence of an offence committed, or giving false information touching it to screen the offender, If a capital offence. Whoever, knowing or having reason to believe that an offence has been committed, causes any evidence of the commission of that offence to disappear, with the intention of screening the offender from legal punishment, or with that intention gives any information respecting the offence which he knows or believes to be false; if a capital offence — shall, if the offence which he knows or believes to have been committed is punishable with death, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine; if punishable with imprisonment for life — and if the offence is punishable with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment which may extend to ten years, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine; if punishable with less than ten years imprisonment — and if the offence is punishable with imprisonment for any term not extending to ten years, shall be punished with imprisonment of the description provided for the offence, for a term which may extend to one-fourth part of the longest term of the imprisonment provided for the offence, or with fine, or with both.