Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4192 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Jhabad Mahto @ Jhabar Mahto S/O Gauari Mahto R/O Khajuriya, P.S.- Govindganj, Dist.- East Champaran .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03/ 23-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the elder brother of the husband is languishing in custody since 03.11.2011 in a case registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing the victim for non- fulfillment of dowry demand by putting her on fire. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that since the informant did not support the accusation, hence the father of the husband has been acquitted vide Sessions Trial No. 573 of 2005. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4192 of 2012 (3) dt.23-02-2012 2/2 each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sadar Motihari, East Champaran in connection with Trial No. 2018 of 2011 arising out of Govindganj P.S. Case No. 59 of 2002. The learned court below will be at liberty to cancel the bail of the petitioner if he defaults for three consecutive occasions. 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.