Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4141 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Kusuma Devi 2. Sadhu Saran Prasad. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. J.K. Poddar. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Birendra Kr. Adv. For the State : Mr. Uma Shankar Pd. Singh, Adv. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 13-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioners being the parents of the husband are languishing in custody since 29.11.2011 and 23.09.2011 respectively in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing the victim for non- fulfillment for the dowry demand after thee years of the marriage. It is also alleged that the husband has performed second marriage. Considering the fact that the thrust of accusation is against the husband who, as per counsel for the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4141 of 2012 (2) dt.13-02-2012 2 / 2 2 petitioners, is in custody, let the above named petitioners be released on bail, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hilsa in connection with Hilsa P.S. Case No. 103 of 2011. Amrendra/- (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.