Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.7609 of 2012 ====================================================== Jimdar Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 13-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband is languishing in custody since 21.12.2010 in connection with Session Trial No. 58 of 2011 arising out of Bagengola P.S. Case No. 06 of 2010 registered under [STATUTE] pending in the court of learned Additional Sessions Judge, F.T.C.-V, Buxar. The accusation is of killing the victim for non- fulfillment of the dowry demand after three years of the marriage. It appears from the impugned order that five witnesses have already been examined. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that even the informant has not supported the prosecution the case. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7609 of 2012 (2) dt.13-03-2012 2 / 2 2 It is expected from the learned court below to conclude the trial within a period of six months. If the trial will not be concluded within a period of six month then the petitioner will be at liberty to renew his prayer for bail after seven months. Accordingly, the prayer for bail is rejected. Amrendra/- (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.