Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.37792 of 2011 Manoj Kumar Sah Versus The State Of Bihar -------- 03/ 27.01.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 16.6.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Petitioner is husband of the deceased and admittedly, deceased died within two years of her marriage. Submission of learned counsel for the petitioner is that in course of investigation some independent witnesses stated before the Investigating officer that deceased committed suicide as petitioner is said to have illicit relation with wife of his brother. Regard being had to the facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner in connection with Ghoghardiha P.S. Case no. 19/2011 pending in the court of the Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jhanjharpur stands rejected. However, the Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jhanjharpur is hereby, directed to take step for commitment of the case of the petitioner to the court of Sessions in accordance with law within one month from the date of receipt of this order and after commitment, the learned trial court shall try to conclude the - 2 - trial of petitioner as early as possible. shahid (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.