Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.26055 of 2012 ====================================================== Jay Nandan Manjhi, Son of Late Sanichar Manjhi. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 2 03-08-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered under [STATUTE] . In this case, instituted against unknown, petitioner’s name along with another emerged during investigation almost at its very initial stage, but the petitioner absconding for seven years and, as submitted, is in custody since surrendered on 11.05.2012 and his case has also been committed to the Court of Sessions for trial, where, trial of another co-accused is also going on since before. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and unexplained delay, for the present, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, prayer for regular bail of the above named petitioner, in connection with S.T. No. 293/2012 arising out of Giriak (Katrisarai) P.S. Case No. 111/2005, pending in the court of learned 3rd Additional District & Sessions Judge, Nalanda at Bihar Sharif, is hereby, refused. Simultaneously, trial court is directed to proceed expeditiously with the trial and avoid undue delay and adjournments. Praveen-II/- (Akhilesh Chandra, 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.