Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6404 of 2012 ====================================================== Ram Kumar Pandit @ Ram Pukar Pandit @ Guddu Pandit son of late Prikha Pandit, R/o village Mahtha Colony, near Mahthin Mai Police Station Bihiya and District Bhojpur .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rama nand Poddar, Advocate. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AMARESH KUMAR LAL ORAL ORDER 2 10-02-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the State. Petitioner is in custody in Bihiya P.S. Case no. 114 of 2010 registered under [STATUTE] . It is submitted that the petitioner is the husband of the alleged victim lady Shanti Devi. Her father has lodged the case for the offence punishable under section 304 B, 201/34 of the Indian penal Code. After investigation charge sheet has been submitted under section 498A of the Indian penal Code. It is further submitted that wife of the petitioner (the alleged victim) has love affairs with another person and now she is living with him and his father has falsely lodged the case against the petitioner and the petitioner has been in custody since 26.9.2011 without his fault. Considering the facts and circumstances, the above named petitioner is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.5,000/- (five thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of C.J.M, Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6404 of 2012 (2) dt.10-02-2012 2 / 2 2 Bhojpur at Arra in connection with Bihiya P.S. Case No. 114 of 2010. M.Rahman/- (Amaresh Kumar Lal, 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.