Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.29578 of 2012 ====================================================== Santosh Yadav, S/O Nandeo Yadav, R/O Village- Rohiyar, P.S. Mansi, District- Khagaria. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Tarun Kumar Sinha For the Opposite Party/s : APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER 3 03-10-2012 Heard the parties. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Mansi P.S. Case No.91 of 2009 for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The petitioner happens to be the husband. Considering the circumstances his prayer was earlier rejected by order dated 26.7.2010 passed in Cr. Misc. No.25450 of 2010. The petitioner renewed his prayer in Cr. Misc. No.14775 of 2011 and which again was rejected by order dated 29.6.2011 with the rider to renew his prayer in case the trial did not conclude within a period of one year from the date of the order. This matter was taken up on 1.8.2012 when a report was called for from the trial court and which has since been received. It is reported that out of the 17 charge-sheet Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29578 of 2012 (3) dt.03-10-2012 2 witnesses five have been examined and the trial is likely to be concluded in nine months next. In the circumstances, no reason to interfere with the orders passed earlier. This application is dismissed. SKPathak/- (Jyoti Saran, 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.