Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.38887 of 2011 (4) dt.28-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.38887 of 2011 ====================================================== Kaulej Paswan, son of Ramesh Paswan, resident of village Guljarpur, P.S. Sahar, district Bhojpur .... Petitioner Versus 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 4 28-03-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail for offence under [STATUTE] . There is allegation of demand of dowry and subjecting cruelty and the victim was done to death. However, the clothes of the victim were recovered near a compound besmeared with blood and the dead body was found covered in the Sone river’s sand and the post mortem report disclosed that the death is due to throttling. The petitioner is the husband. Having regard to the facts and circumstances, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. The prayer for bail is rejected. However, a report was called from the trial Court and it has reported that the cognizance though taken on 13.07.2009 and the case was committed to the Court of session’s on 13.08.2009 and the charge has been framed on 14.05.2010, but, no witness has been examined uptill now. Hence, the trial Court is directed to conclude the trial within six months from the date of receipt of the order and if the trial is not concluded within six months then the petitioner may renew his prayer for bail, if the petitioner is not instrumental in delaying the disposal of the case. 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.