Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17836 of 2012 (3) dt.16-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17836 of 2012 ====================================================== Deepak Kumar Ram, son of Sri Bhagwan Ram, resident of village – Salona, P.S. – Barauli, District – Gopalganj. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ===================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 3 16-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State who is armed with carbon copy of the case diary. This application has been filed for the grant of regular bail to the petitioner who has been made an accused in connection with Barauli P.S. Case No. 26 of 2010 for offences under [STATUTE] read with Section 3(2)(v) of SC/ST Act, pending before 1st Additional Sessions Judge, Gopalganj. Perused the report of the trial court indicating that has trial has already commenced and out of nine, two witnesses have been examined, though trial court expects that nine months time to conclude the trial, but it appears a bit more. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, for the present, prayer of regular bail of the petitioner is Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17836 of 2012 (3) dt.16-07-2012 hereby refused with a direction to the trial court to proceed expeditiously and preferably conclude the trial within six months from the date of communication of this order and till take all necessary steps to achieve the target. Let a copy of this order be communicated to the court below through Fax at the cost of the petitioner.. 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.