Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14830 of 2012 (2) dt.23-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.14830 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Lalu Rai, 2. Lalma Rai .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 23-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being brothers of the husband of the deceased are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing the daughter of the informant after three years of marriage for non fulfillment of dowry demands. It is submitted that thrust of accusation is against the husband of the deceased who, as per learned counsel for the petitioner, is in custody and father of the petitioner has been granted regular bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 28540 of 2011. Considering the aforesaid facts, this Court sees no reason for the learned court below not to give similar relief to the petitioner in case he surrenders within six weeks from today in Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14830 of 2012 (2) dt.23-04-2012 connection with Fatuha P.S. Case no. 40 of 2010 pending in the court of J.M. Ist Class, Patna City. This application is disposed of with the aforesaid observation/direction. Let this order be transmitted through FAX at the cost of the petitioner. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.