Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.11842 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Bigan Rai 2. Police Rai, 3. Mira Devi, 4. Bhawani Devi, 5. Fuleshari Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 06-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners have renewed their prayer for anticipatory bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The petitioners’ earlier application for anticipatory bail was dismissed as withdrawn on 14.10.2003 vide Cr. Misc. No. 17048 of 2003. Considering the aforesaid facts, this Court sees no reason to revise the earlier order. It is submitted that the petitioners are the agnates of the husband of the deceased and others have been acquitted. In view of this court, the contention raised by learned counsel for the petitioners can be good grounds for consideration of regular bail if the petitioners surrender within six weeks Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11842 of 2012 (2) dt.06-04-2012 2 / 2 2 from today in connection with Garkha P.S. Case o. 53 of 2002 pending in the court of C.J.M., Saran at Chapra. This application is disposed of with the aforesaid observation/direction. Let this order be transmitted through FAX at the cost of the petitioner. Anil/- (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.