Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.33372 of 2011 Tunuka Devi, Wife of Ram Niwash Singh @ Ram Niwash Sharma, son of late Ramashray Singh, resident of village – Ichipur, P.S. – Dulhin Bazar, District – Patna. --------- Petitoner. Versus The State of Bihar ---Opposite Party ****** 03. 16.01.2012 Supplementary affidavit has been filed on behalf of the petitioner. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioner, apprehends her arrest in connection with Dulhin Bazar P.S. Case No. 59/2011 for offences under [STATUTE] , is one of the named accused in this case being mother-in-law of deceased sister of the informant who died under unnatural circumstances within three years of her marriage. Submission is that petitioner due to some petty disputes with her husband who is still in custody, committed suicide and police after investigation exonerated others but submitted charge-sheet against husband of the deceased, but there appears nothing specific against the petitioner even if final form. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of her arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks, let the above-named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of sum of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Danapur, in connection with Dulhin Bazar P.S. Case No. 59/2011, subject to condition under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and additional condition to attend the court regularly at least for one year or till disposal of the case, whichever is earlier and in the event of failure on two consecutive dates, without any reasonable explanation, the privilege granted shall be deemed to be cancelled. Rajeev/- ( Akhilesh Chandra, 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.