Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26306 of 2012 (2) dt.25-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.26306 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Amod Sah 2. Pappu Sah Both sons of Sant Lal Sah .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 2 25-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner no. 1 is husband whereas petitioner no. 2 is younger brother-in-law of the deceased and they have been made accused in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Admittedly, the informant filed complaint case which was converted into police case. The marriage of deceased had taken place four years ago but allegedly, she was subjected to cruelty and harassment on account of non-fulfilment of illegal demand. Furthermore, it would appear from perusal of the first information report that informant got information that his daughter consumed poison and he also got information that treatment of the deceased was going on. It would further appear from the first information report that Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26306 of 2012 (2) dt.25-07-2012 cremation of deceased was done in presence of the informant though he stated that he was forcibly made captive in a room by the co-villagers of the petitioners. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioners be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur in connection with Sakra P.S. Case No. 13 of 2011. SHAHZAD/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, 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.