Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26883 of 2012 (4) dt.17-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.26883 of 2012 ====================================================== Deo Narayan Yadav, S/O-Late Bishnudeo Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 4 17-09-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the deceased is in jail custody since 17.04.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . According to prosecution case itself, the marriage of deceased had taken place with the petitioner thirty years ago but relation of the deceased with petitioner was not cordial and prior to institution of the present case, the deceased had lodged a criminal case against the petitioner. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor submits that in course of investigation, witnesses stated that on the alleged date of occurrence deceased was beaten by the petitioner but it would appear from perusal of the case diary that not a single eye-witness claimed to have seen the alleged occurrence. Moreover, the statements of son and daughter of the deceased have not been Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26883 of 2012 (4) dt.17-09-2012 recorded by the Investigating Officer. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhepura in connection with Madhepura P.S. Case No. 212 of 2011. SHAHZAD/- (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.