Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24771 of 2012 (3) dt.23-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24771 of 2012 ====================================================== Lalan Mandal .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 23.08.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the deceased is in jail custody since 23.2.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . According to the prosecution case, marriage of the deceased had taken place with petitioner three years ago but she was subjected to cruelty and harassment on account of illegal demand and later on, she was done to death. In course of investigation, one set of witnesses stated that the deceased was mercilessly assaulted by the petitioner whereas another set of witnesses stated that the deceased consumed poison due to some family dispute. Considering the above stated facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner in connection with Sikandara P.S. Case no. 18/2012 pending in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamui is, hereby, rejected. However, the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamui is directed Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24771 of 2012 (3) dt.23-08-2012 to commit the case of the petitioner to the court of Sessions in accordance with law within two weeks from the date of receipt of this order, if the same has not been committed to the court of sessions and furthermore, after commitment, the trial court shall try to conclude the trial of the petitioner within seven months from the date of receipt of the order. It is made clear that if the trial of petitioner is not concluded within the above stated period, the petitioner may renew his prayer for bail before the learned trial court itself. shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.