Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40301 of 2011 (3) dt.08-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.40301 of 2011 ====================================================== Sanjay Kumar .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 08.02.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State assisted by learned counsel for the informant. Petitioner being husband of the deceased is in jail custody since 9.5.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Admittedly, the deceased died within three years of her marriage in other than normal circumstance and it would appear from perusal of the case diary that her dead body was disposed off by the petitioner and other accused in a very hurried manner. Although informant himself admitted that prior to death, deceased was taken to hospital for treatment but before getting her treatment she died. Considering the above stated facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail, at least, at this stage. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner in connection with Pipariya P.S. Case no. 13/2011 pending in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lakhisarai is, hereby, rejected. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40301 of 2011 (3) dt.08-02-2012 However, the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lakhisarai is hereby, directed to commit the case of the petitioner to the court of Sessions in accordance with law within one month from the date of receipt of this order and after commitment, the trial court shall try to conclude the trial of petitioner as early as possible, preferably within nine months from the date of commitment order and if the trial of the petitioner is not concluded within the above stated period, the petitioner may renew his prayer for bail. 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.