Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4972 of 2012 (2) dt.09-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4972 of 2012 ====================================================== Nathun Singh .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 09-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in custody since 14.11.2011 in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the petitioner being the father-in-law of the deceased assaulted the victim. From the F.I.R., it does not appear that the informant saw the petitioner assaulting. Earlier the petitioner’s side lodged the case against the deceased for killing the daughter of the petitioner which came to be registered under [STATUTE] . Post mortem report does not reflect any external injury. Considering the suspicious nature of accusation, let the petitioner above named be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4972 of 2012 (2) dt.09-02-2012 amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M., Danapur in connection with Bihta P.S. Case No. 304 of 2009. 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.