Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16227 of 2012 ====================================================== Chhotelal Singh son of late Saktilal Singh, resident of Village-Udhadih, P.S.-Sultanganj, District-Bhagalpur. .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJENDRA KUMAR MISHRA ORAL ORDER 3 23-05-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. appearing on behalf of State. The petitioner is accused in a case registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel appearing on behalf of petitioner submits that the petitioner is not named in the First Information Report, as on the basis of the written report of Sadanand Paswan, Sultanganj P.S. Case No. 182 of 2011 was instituted on 23.09.2011 under [STATUTE] against unknown on recovery of the dead body of 15 to 16 years girl near Barua river in front of Sadhu Bathan. Later on, the dead body was identified as the dead body of Neha by her mother Feena Devi, who instructs the petitioner to burn the dead body. The allegation is that the petitioner disposed of the dead body, except that there is nothing in the case diary against him. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16227 of 2012 (3) dt.23-05-2012 2/2 Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000 (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur, in connection with Sultanganj P.S. Case No. 182 of 2011. Safik/- (Rajendra Kumar Mishra, 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.