Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44692 of 2011 Rubi Devi, W/O-Ravindra Kumar Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- For the petitioner :-Mr. Harish Kr. For the State :- Mr. Sanjay Kr. Tiwary (A.P.P.) 02 12.01.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is Gotini of the deceased and is languishing in jail custody since 13.10.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Although, the death of the deceased was unnatural but submission on behalf of the petitioner is that information regarding the condition of the deceased was given by her in-laws and after that she was taken to hospital but unfortunately, she could not be saved and after that informant lodged this case in anger. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Jagdishpur P.S. Case No. 132 of 2009. SHAHZAD ( Hemant Kumar Srivastava, 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.