Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29599 of 2012 (2) dt.03-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.29599 of 2012 ====================================================== Jata Mushar @ Jatah Mushar S/O Sona Mushar R/O Village - Eyar Mushar Toli, Police Station - Agiaon Bazar, District – Bhojpur. .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 2 03-09-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioner, who is languishing in custody since 13.09.2011, seeks bail in a case registered under [STATUTE] . In this case instituted against unknown on recovery of dead body of informant’s husband. Petitioner’s name emerged during investigation in extra judicial confession of co apprehended accused, Sri Bhagwan Mushar, who has already been released on bail vide order dated 20.04.2012 passed in Criminal Miscellaneous No. 9420 of 2012. Submission is of false implication without any material and even alleged extra judicial confession regarding manner of killing also does not find support from post mortem report. Further petitioner carries no criminal antecedent. If it is so, let the petitioner is directed to be released Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29599 of 2012 (2) dt.03-09-2012 on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Sessions Judge, F.T.C.-II, Bhojpur at Ara, in connection with Sessions Trial No. 288 of 2012 arising out of Agiaon Bazar P.S. Case No. 40 of 2011, subject to condition to remain physically present before the court below on each and every date till disposal of the case. In the event of failure on two consecutive dates, without any reasonable explanation, the privilege granted shall be deemed to be cancelled. Safik/- (Akhilesh Chandra, 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.