Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.31746 of 2012 (2) dt.24-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.31746 of 2012 ====================================================== 1.Kaila Tanti @ Sanjay Kumar . 2. Gyandeo Paswan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 24-08-2012 Heard learned counsel for the parties. This is a petition for regular bail in a case registered under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the son of the informant was taken away to attend the emersion of idol. All boys had returned back but the son of the informant did not return. The only material against the petitioners in the case diary is that petitioners was last seen with the deceased. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that having similar allegation a co-accused, namely, Wakil Tanti, has already been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 19.7.2012 passed in Cr.Misc. No.25191 of 2012. Under the above circumstances, let the petitioners above named be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.31746 of 2012 (2) dt.24-08-2012 Rs.10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the C.J.M., Begusarai, in Muffasil P.S.Case No.26 of 2012. AnilKrSinha/- (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.