Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.43417 of 2011 ====================================================== Mohril Sah, S/o Late Prnu Sah, resident of Village- Athpahra, P.S. - Dhoraiya, District- Banka. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ajay Mukherjee, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Mr. Nand Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER 3 10-02-2012 Heard the parties. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Dhoraiya (Dhankund) P.S. Case No.77 of 2011 for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The petitioner happens to be the husband of the deceased. Learned counsel for the petitioner with reference to the statement of the eye witness who is sister of the deceased as found in paragraph 4 of the case diary submits that following an altercation between the husband and wife the deceased had consumed poison. He further submits that it has also come during the course of investigation as found in paragraph 77 of the case diary that the petitioner did make attempts for getting his wife treated but did not succeed as she deceased. Considering the circumstances, let the petitioner, Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43417 of 2011 (3) dt.10-02-2012 2 namely, Mohril Sah 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 the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Banka in connection with Dhoraiya (Dhankund) P.S. Case No.77 of 2011. SKPathak/- (Jyoti Saran, 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.