Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.788 of 2012 (2) dt.17-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.788 of 2012 ====================================================== Butta Paswan @ Ranjan Paswan .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 17-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in custody since 13.09.2010 in a case registered for the offence under [STATUTE] . In the F.I.R., it is alleged that the victim went in the company of Kail Paswan @ Dinesh Paswan @ Fandu Paswan and subsequently his dead body was recovered. The name of petitioner sprang up during investigation when only suspicion has been raised. Admittedly, there is no eye witness to the occurrence and F.I.R. named accused persons have been granted bail. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner above named be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(Ten Thousand) Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.788 of 2012 (2) dt.17-01-2012 with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge(F.T.C. V), Jehanabad in connection with S. Tr. No. 113 of 2011/34 of 2011 arising out of Jehanabad P.S. Case No. 226 of 1998. 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.