Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6912 of 2012 (2) dt.15-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6912 of 2012 ====================================================== Santosh Rajwar Son of Sri Late Satya Narayan Rajwar, R/o village- Vailor, P.S.- Charpokhari, District- Bhojpur .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ajit Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHYAM KISHORE SHARMA ORAL ORDER 2 15-02-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. The petitioner is in custody in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Though the petitioner is one of the three named accused on the allegation that the informant has seen Bikash Sonar throttling the victim. Besides this petitioner one Pramod Rajwar has also been made as 3rd accused. Submission is that Pramod Rajwar has been admitted to bail by this Court vide order dated 14th March, 2007 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 10234 of 2007. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner above named is directed to be released on furnishing of bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6912 of 2012 (2) dt.15-02-2012 like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge, F.T.C. No. II/concerned Court, Ara in S. Tr. No. 231 of 2011 arising out of Charpokhari P.S. Case No. 76 of 2006. avin/- (Shyam Kishore Sharma, 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.