Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2129 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Chhabil Yadav @ Chhabilal Yadav S/O Late Sarju Yadav R/O Village - Pathalkuria, Police Station - Belhar, District - Banka 2. Chunchun Yadav S/O Late Sarju Yadav R/O Village - Pathalkuria, Police Station - Belhar, District - Banka .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ajay Mukherjee, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mrs. Asha Devi, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03/ 10-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners, the State and the informant. The petitioners are languishing in custody since 16.11.2011 and 10.10.2011 respectively in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the victim went in the company of one Bibhuti Yadav. Subsequently his dead body was recovered with injuries. It is alleged against the petitioners that the victim was seen near the place where the victim was released by Bibhuti Yadav and others. He also gave threats earlier. Considering the suspicious nature of accusation, let Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2129 of 2012 (3) dt.10-02-2012 2/2 above named both the petitioners, 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 learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Banka in connection with Belhar (Khesar) P.S. Case No. 114 of 2011. DKS/ (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.