Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2333 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Umesh Paswan S/O Late Chandeshwar Paswan Resident Of Village- Saidpur, P.S.- Ghoshi, District- Jehanabad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 06-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in custody since 24.11.2011 in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing the victim within one year of the marriage. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the victim died due to the injuries caused at the time of cooking by cylinder blast and the petitioner was not present at the place of occurrence. Considering the fact that thrust of accusation is against the husband, who as per learned counsel for the petitioner is in custody, let the petitioner namely Umesh Paswan, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2333 of 2012 (2) dt.06-02-2012 2/2 Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jehanabad in connection with Ghosi P.S. Case No. 194 of 2011. DKS/ (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.