Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.37367 of 2011 ====================================================== Md. Shahansha, S/o Umar Khan, resident of Village - Phoolaut, P.S. - Chausa, District- Madhepura. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Dr. Bidhu Ranjan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Manish Kumar No.2, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER 3 15-02-2012 Heard the parties. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Sarsi P.S. Case No.14 of 2010 for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The FIR is against unknown and has been registered after recovery of dead body, which was floating in the water. During the course of investigation it has transpired that while the deceased was travelling by a truck of which this petitioner happens to be the Khalasi he was allegely killed by the petitioner in collusion with the driver of the truck Md. Mikail. The name of the petitioner has transpired on the basis of the statement made by one Md. Tabrej Alam, owner of the truck. It is submitted that considering the circumstances the driver of the truck Md. Mikail has been granted bail by a Bench of this Court in Cr. Misc. No.3308 of 2011 vide order passed on Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37367 of 2011 (3) dt.15-02-2012 2 16.03.2011. Regard being had to the circumstances and considering the submission of learned counsel, let the petitioner, namely, Md. Shahansha be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Purnea in connection with Sarsi P.S. Case No.14 of 2010. SKPathak/- (Jyoti Saran, 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.