Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2777 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Sheodhari Bind S/O Late Lal Mohar Bind Resident Of Village Gayghat, P.S. Brahampur, District Buxar. 2. Dhanu Bind @ Dhanuk Bind S/O Late Lal Mohar Bind Resident Of Village Gayghat, P.S. Brahampur, District Buxar. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 09-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are languishing in custody since 22.09.2011 and 28.09.2011 respectively in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 3/4 of Explosive Substances Act. It is alleged against the petitioners and one other that they kept bomb in their house which got exploded resulted into death of the daughter of Achchelal Bind and injuries to two girls. It appears that the trial is at advance stage as only two witnesses are left to be examined. Hence, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioners at present. Accordingly, their Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2777 of 2012 (2) dt.09-02-2012 2/2 prayer for bail is rejected. However, if the trial will not be concluded within a period of six months then the petitioners will be at liberty to renew their prayer for bail in connection with Sessions Trial No. 233 of 2011 arising out of Dumraon P.S. Case No. 126 of 1995 pending in the court of Additional Sessions Judge F.T.C. V, Buxar Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioners. DKS/ (Dinesh 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.