Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2660 of 2012 (3) dt.04-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2660 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Sajo Choudhary S/O Late Shambhu Choudhary R/O Vill Kabirpur, P.S. Salakhua, Distt-Saharsa .... Petitioner Versus 1. 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 04-05-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail for offence under [STATUTE] and 27 of the Arms Act. There is allegation that seven persons came and one Umesh Choudhary alleged to have fired causing injury on the chest of one Jato Choudhary and second fire was made by English Choudhary and, thereafter, they took away the dead body on horse. However, the petitioner has come along with the accused Umesh Choudhary, but, no specific role has been attributed to him. The petitioner is in custody since 14.10.2011. The criminal antecedent of the petitioner is that 3-4 cases are pending against him. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Salkhua P.S. Case No. 103 of 2003 to the satisfaction of Sri D. Kumar, Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Saharsa, subject to the condition that one of the bailors shall be a close relative of the petitioner and the petitioner shall file hazari in the nearest Police Station on every fortnight for six months. SA/- (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.