Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.27555 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Prem Nath Sah 2. Rambhu Sah 3. Sona Lal Sah, All sons of Sri Baijnath Sah, resident of village- Aakil Tola, P.S. Maharajganj, District Siwan. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AMARESH KUMAR LAL ORAL ORDER 2 18-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State. This is an application for grant of bail to the accused- petitioners in Maharajganj P. S. Case No. 100 of 2012 for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . It is submitted that petitioner no. 1 is Bhaisur, and petitioner nos. 2 and 3 are the Debars of the deceased Butan Devi. It is also submitted that according to FIR itself the deceased Butan Devi was married to Shambhu Sah 11 years’ ago and out of that wedlock two children were born out to her. Allegation is that the husband and his relatives including the petitioners killed Butan Devi and caused to disappear the dead body. It is also submitted that the FIR was lodged by the father of the victim Butan Devi at the instance of co-villagers but later on after knowing that the deceased had developed illicit relation with some one and when it came to the knowledge of her in-laws, she committed Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27555 of 2012 (2) dt.18-07-2012 2 suicide, he filed an affidavit in this regard in the court below. It is also submitted that the petitioners have no criminal antecedent. Learned counsel for the State could not controvert the contention of the petitioners while opposing their prayer. Considering the facts and circumstances, the above named petitioners are directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand only) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Siwan in Maharajganj P. S. Case No. 100 of 2012, G.R. No. 1658 of 2012 with following conditions:- (i) The petitioners will not indulge themselves in similar or any other offence. (ii) One of the bailors must be the close relative of the petitioners. (iii) The petitioners will be well represented in the Court on each and every date and in case of absence for two consecutive dates or in case of violation of terms of bail, their bail bonds would be liable to be cancelled by the learned Court concerned. Kanchan/- (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.