Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43590 of 2011 (4) dt.07-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 43590 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Ranju Devi, 2. Ram Pravesh Kewat, 3. Gajendra Kewat, 4. Suma Devi, 5. Sakunti Devi .... .... Petitioners Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 4 07-05-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. This is a petition for grant of anticipatory bail in a case under [STATUTE] on behalf of the petitioners who are none else than the wife, father-in-law, cousin father-in-law, mother-in- law and cousin mother-in-law of the deceased. It is alleged that the deceased had given a loan of rupees one lakh to his father-in-law on the assurance that said money will be returned and if the money is not retuned then the sale deed was to be executed with regard to the landed property to that extent and it is alleged that the husband was done to death by poisoning. However, it is alleged that at the time of occurrence the petitioner was at Sasural. However, the dead body was recovered at village Benar. However, Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43590 of 2011 (4) dt.07-05-2012 there is no injury on the entire body of the deceased. However, it is suspected case of poisoning though the investigation is still going on and it has been suspected that the case is of poisoning but the viscera report has not yet been received. However, except the suspicion of poisoning there is no other evidence regarding involvement of the accused persons. However, under the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of four weeks on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nalanda in connection with Sarmera P. S. Case No. 70 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr. P. C. as well as subject to the condition that they will co-operate during investigation with the police and if any incriminating article found against the petitioners and a charge-sheet is submitted then they surrender and pray for regular bail. Kundan/- (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.