Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5195 of 2012 ====================================================== Wakil Yadav & Ors. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 22-02-2012 Petitioners being parents and sister of the husband are languishing in custody in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the victim was married in 2003 but on 07.09.2011 the informant came to know that other co- accused had illicit relationship with the sister of the husband which was opposed by the victim, hence the victim was killed. Considering the suspicious nature of accusation particularly in view of the fact that informant came to know about the occurrence on 07.09.2011 whereas the F.I.R. was lodged on 18.09.2011, let the petitioners namely 1. Wakil Yadav 2. Kanti Devi 3. Lalmuni Devi, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5195 of 2012 (2) dt.22-02-2012 2 / 2 2 two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj in connection with Baikunthpur P.S. Case No. 131 of 2011. Shageer/- (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.