Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.3331 of 2012 ====================================================== Rahul Kumar @ Shivjee Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 05-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in jail since 29.11.2011 in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing the victim for non- fulfillment of dowry demands after five years of the marriage. It is also alleged that the dead body was disposed of. Considering the fact that the accusation under [STATUTE] has not been found true during investigation and charge sheet has been submitted under [STATUTE] , let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3331 of 2012 (3) dt.05-03-2012 2 / 2 2 the satisfaction of C.J.M. Jehanabad in Arwal P.S. Case no. 210 of 2011 . 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.