Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7999 of 2012 (2) dt.22-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.7999 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Kanti Devi, W/o Late Gorelal Yadav. Resident of Village- Latkana, P.S. Ariari (Kasar) District- Sheikhpura. 2. Prakash Yadav, son of Ramashish Yadav. 3. Upendra Kumar @ Upendra Yadav, son of Prakash Yadav. Both resident of Village- Karoita, P.S.+District- Lakhisarai. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 22-02-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Ariari (Kasar) P.S. Case No. 87 of 2011 for offence under [STATUTE] and Section 27 of the Arms Act. The occurrence is alleged to have committed on 11.06.2010 and Fardbeyan has been lodged on 20. 06. 2011 after more than a year of the alleged occurrence. There is no specific allegation that who assaulted by firing. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the above named petitioners in the event of their arrest/surrender within a period of four weeks from today, shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7999 of 2012 (2) dt.22-02-2012 satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sheikhpura, in connection with Ariari (Kasar) P.S. Case No.87 of 2011, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of Cr.P.C. with a further condition that petitioners shall cooperate with the police during investigation and produced themselves as and when required by the police during investigation. m.p. (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.