Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25015 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Hiramuni Devi, wife of Nirmal Singh. 2. Gita Devi, wife of Guddu Singh. 3. Guddu Singh, son of Nirmal Singh. Residents of village-Rampur, P.S. Ara( Muffasil), District- Bhojpur (Ara). .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 04-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners have renewed their prayer for anticipatory bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Earlier prayer for anticipatory bail application of the petitioners was disposed off with certain observations. This Court is not inclined to take different view. It is expected from the learned court below that prayer for regular bail of petitioner nos. 1 and 2 shall be disposed off preferably on the same day if they surrender within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order. The application is disposed off in connection with Ara (M)(Dhobaha O.P.) P.S. Case No. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25015 of 2012 (2) dt.04-07-2012 2 / 2 2 199 of 2011 pending in the court of the learned C.J.M., Bhojpur at Ara. Let the order be faxed to the learned court below at the cost of the petitioners. U.K./- (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.