Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.30019 of 2011 Dinesh Sahani Son of Sarvey Lal Sahani @ Sarvlal Sahni Versus The State of Bihar ---------------------------------- 4/ 04.01.2012 Heard counsel for the parties. The petitioner, who is husband of the deceased, Mamta Devi, is an accused in a case under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has filed a complaint case alleging that one Sukhbir Singh kidnapped his wife. The petitioner submits that he is in custody since 25.10.2008, for a period about three years and three months. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. His prayer for bail is rejected. However, he may renew his prayer for bail after three months. Uday/ (Samarendra Pratap 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.