Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.45045 of 2011 Dhruv Jha @ Dhruv Kumar Jha Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 02. 10.01.2012 Petitioner being husband is languishing in custody since 29.08.2011 in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] . The informant has admitted the marriage 15 years prior to the occurrence, though there is accusation of demand of dowry and for not fulfillment of the same, torture was inflicted against the victim. It appears that after investigation the police submitted chargesheet under [STATUTE] . Considering the fact that accusation under [STATUTE] . was not found true by the investigating agency, let the petitioner above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi in connection with Purnahiya P.S. Case No. 12 of 2011. Shageer ( Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.