Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.33221 of 2012 ====================================================== Panchratan Singh Son Of Late Shiv Bachan Singh Resident Of Village : Hathuwa, P.S. : Rajpur, District : Buxar. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 03-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, informant and the State. The petitioner being the father of the husband of the victim is languishing in custody since 17.08.2011 in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 27 of the Arms Act. The accusation is of killing the daughter of the informant within slightly over one year of marriage by causing fire arm injury. Considering the thrust of accusation against the husband of the victim and earlier observation that the petitioner may renew his prayer for bail after remaining in custody for one year, let the petitioner above named be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33221 of 2012 (2) dt.03-10-2012 2 / 2 2 satisfaction of the learned Adhoc Additional Sessions Judge, F.T.C. V, Buxar, in connection with Sessions Trial No. 303 of 2011, arising out of Rajpur P.S. Case No. 83 of 2011. U.K./- (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.