Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.865 of 2012 (2) dt.17-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.865 of 2012 ====================================================== Lohari Manjhi & Anr. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 17-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are languishing in custody since 08.08.2011 and 26.08.2011 respectively in a case registered for the offence under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of demand of dowry. Suspicion has been raised against the petitioners since her house was closed when the petitioners visited the in-laws of victim. Considering the fact that thrust of accusation against the husband, let the petitioners Lohari Manjhi and Wakil Manjhi be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M., Masaurhi in connection with Masaurhi P.S. Case No. 143 of 2006. U. K. (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.