Case Facts:
Patna High Court CR. WJC No.694 of 2011 (6) dt.30-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Writ No.694 of 2011 ====================================================== Irfan Khan, S/O Istekhar Khan, resident of Village-Marpa Kachar, P.S.- Kanhauli, District Sitamarhi. ... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The Director General of Police Bihar at Patna 3. The Inspector General of Police, Muzaffarpur Zone, District – Muzaffarpur. 4. The Superintendent of Police, Sitamarhi. 5. The Sub-Divisional Police Offficer, Sitamarhi Sadar, District- Sitamarhi 6. The Officer Incharge, Bairganiya, P.S., District- Sitamarhi 7. Faguni Ram, S/o Late Kirati Ram at Parsauni, P.S.- Bairganiya, District- Sitamarhi. .... .... Respondents ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 6 30-08-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner has been made an accused in Bairganiya P.S. Case No. 109 of 2010, dated 20.9.2010 registered under [STATUTE] . He seeks quashing of the F.I.R. There is specific allegation in the F.I.R. against him. The F.I.R. discloses commission of a cognizable offence. I find no merit in the writ petition. It is dismissed, accordingly. Sanjeet/- (Ashwani 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.