Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42331 of 2012 (2) dt.30-11-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.42331 of 2012 ====================================================== Chandramal Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 30.11.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 24.7.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Although petitioner is named in the first information report but no specific overt-act has been attributed against the petitioner rather an omnibus allegation of assault has been levelled against the petitioner and other accused persons. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that other accused faced trial in Sessions trial no. 458/2006 in which the informant was examined as prosecution witness no.1 but she stated that her son died due to abdominal pain and he was never killed by any person. It is further contended by him that almost all the other accused persons are enjoying the privilege of bail. No doubt, alleged occurrence took place in the year 2004 and the petitioner could be remanded in this case on 24.7.2012 but the impugned order reflects that investigation against the petitioner was pending whereas charge sheet against other accused had already been submitted. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42331 of 2012 (2) dt.30-11-2012 submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Chandramal Singh, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara in Piroo P.S. Case no. 212/2004. Shahid (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.