Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14821 of 2012 (3) dt.15-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.14821 of 2012 ====================================================== Ranjay Giri, son of Rajendra Giri @ Yogendra Giri, resident of Village- Pakariya, Police Station- Harsidhi, District- East Champaran. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 3 15-05-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner has been arrested in connection with Town (Motihari) P.S. Case No. 392 of 2011, registered under [STATUTE] . Only material against the petitioner is that he was last seen with the deceased at 6 P.M. and deceased went to this petitioner for taking Bhunja prior to the occurrence. However, it has come in case diary that there is dispute with regard to purchase of land and deceased and his mother paid Rs. 5,00,000/- to one Munna Giri. On enquiry it was disclosed that there was convened a Panchayati. Further it is alleged that Munna Giri want to sale land by Rs. 5,00,000/- and on persuasion two cheques were issued. However, the case hinges on circumstantial evidence, though, charge sheet has been submitted in this case, but in the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14821 of 2012 (3) dt.15-05-2012 entire case diary post mortem report has not been annexed. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the above named petitioner is directed to 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 the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Motihari, East Champaran, in connection with Town (Motihari) P.S. Case No. 392 of 2011. m.p. (Gopal Prasad, 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.