Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44555 of 2012 (2) dt.17-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44555 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Shivpujan Chaudhary S/O Jagranath Chaudhary R/O Village - Dhadhawa Bhavanipur, P.S. Yogapatti, District - West Champaran .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Bimlesh Kumar Pandey, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Pronoti Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 17-12-2012 Heard Mr. Bimlesh Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mrs. Pronoti Singh, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in custody ever since he surrendered on 3.7.2012 in connection with Yogapatti ( Navalpur) P.S. case No. 152 of 2012 ( S.T. No. 539 of 2012) registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and prays for regular bail. The mother of the deceased is the informant. As per the prosecution case the deceased was married to one Vidhya Shankar Chaudhary more than ten years ago. The in-laws used to demand dowry or torture and the allegation is that she was finally killed. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44555 of 2012 (2) dt.17-12-2012 Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that firstly there is no eye-witness to the occurrence nor any material to suggest that the deceased was killed. Secondly, he submits that the petitioner is not a family members of the husband of the deceased and therefore, he could not be a party to any demand of dowry or the offence as alleged. He is a distantly related. In view of the above as aforesaid and in view of the submissions made on behalf of the petitioner, let the petitioner Shivpujan Chaudhary 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 the learned IIIrd Additional District and Sessions Judge, Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Sessions Trial No. 539 of 2012 arising out of Yogapatti (Nawalpur) P.S. case No. 152 of 2012) Arun Kumar/- (Chakradhari Sharan 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.