Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24353 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Sonu Kumar Singh S/O Late Ramjanam Singh Resident Of Village- Dibra, P.S.- Nauhatta, District- Saharsa, At Present Residing Of Village- Supaul, P.S.+District- Supaul .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 4 25-09-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner who is languishing in custody seeks bail in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Petitioner is named in this case being husband of the deceased, with allegation of committing murder within a year of her marriage and disposed of the dead body. Submission is of false implication on suspicion and finding no material to connect her death and disposal of body. In this case police has submitted charge sheet under [STATUTE] . Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24353 of 2012 (4) dt.25-09-2012 2 / 2 2 Having regarded to the facts and circumstances of the case the prayer for bail of the petitioner is rejected. The trial court is directed to expedite the trial of the petitioner in connection with Nauhatta P.S. Case no. 10 of 2012. M.Rahman/- (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.