Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14124 of 2012 (3) dt.15-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.14124 of 2012 ====================================================== Nagendra Choudhary, son of Sri Bishram Choudhary, Resident of Village- Bhadawar, P.S. Bagen Gola, District- Buxur. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 3 15-05-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner has been arrested in connection with Bagen Gola P.S. Case No. 14 of 2011, registered under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that marriage solemnised in the year 2003 and there is allegation of demand and subjecting cruelty. However, it is alleged that on 16. 05. 2011, at 4 P.M. it was intimated by Mobile No. 9931916997 to the younger brother of the informant that his sister has died by consuming poison and her dead body cremated. Thereafter, younger brother of the informant rushed and meet there father-in-law of sister of the informant, when he asked how she died then he replied he did not know anything. However, police has not informed nor any Post Mortem was conducted. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14124 of 2012 (3) dt.15-05-2012 Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that victim died on 16. 05. 2011 and on the same day it was informed to the younger brother of theinformant and has asserted that even it has come in the case diary that some other witnesses have participated in the funeral and last rites of the victim. It is further asserted that victim died in way to Patna and immediately informed the informant thereafter dead body was disposed of and case was filed on same day on 16. 05. 2011. However, the petitioner is husband of the victim and he is answerable to the cause of death. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage. However, petitioner may renew his prayer for bail after framing of the charge. m.p. (Gopal Prasad, 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.