Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33812 of 2012 (4) dt.22-11-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.33812 of 2012 ====================================================== Manjesh Pal, S/O-Brijbihari Pal .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 4 22-11-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State assisted by learned counsel for the informant. Petitioner is in jail custody since 29.04.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Admittedly, the wife and two sons of petitioner died in the alleged occurrence. There is allegation against the petitioner that he used to torture his wife and committed the murder of his wife as well as two children but contention on behalf of the petitioner is that in course of investigation, it came to light that petitioner’s wife had sweet relation with other person which was objected by the petitioner and after that petitioner’s wife along with her two children committed suicide. Regard being had to the facts and circumstances of the case as well as submissions of the parties, I am not inclined to Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33812 of 2012 (4) dt.22-11-2012 release the petitioner on bail and accordingly, his prayer for bail in connection with Darihat P.S. Case No. 27 of 2012 pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rohtas at Sasaram is, hereby, rejected. However, learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rohtas at Sasaram is directed to commit the case of the petitioner to the court of Sessions in accordance with law within three weeks from the date of receipt of this order, if the same has not been committed as yet and furthermore, after commitment, the learned trial court shall conclude the trial of the petitioner as early as possible. SHAHZAD/- (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.