Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30271 of 2012 (2) dt.27-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.30271 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Heera Mukhiya, 2. Fudan Mukhiya, 3. Dilip Mukhiya, 4. Nanki Devi, 5. Punam Devi, 6. Manju Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 27-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing the daughter of the informant by administering poison. It is submitted that the informant and the husband of the victim subsequently retracted from the initial version. Be that as it may, in view of this court, this is fit case for consideration of regular bail of the petitioners by the learned court below in case the petitioners surrender within six weeks from today in connection with Singheshwar P.S. Case no. 1 of 2012 pending in the court of learned C.J.M., Madhepura. This application is disposed of with the aforesaid Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30271 of 2012 (2) dt.27-08-2012 observation/direction. Let this order be transmitted through FAX at the cost of the petitioners. Anil/- (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.