Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.43696 of 2009 ====================================================== Nand Kishore Sao son of Late Gaya Sao, resident of village Indo, P.S. Bhagwanganj, District Patna. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 3 27-03-2012 Heard Shri Manoj Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Shyam Bihari Singh, learned Additional Public Prosecutor. The petitioner, who is F.I.R. named accused in Masaurhi (Bhagwanganj) P.S. Case No.291 of 2006 registered for the offence under Sections 304(B), 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code, has prayed for quashing of an order, which was passed long back on 11.9.2007, whereby the learned Magistrate, after perusing the supplementary charge sheet, case diary and material on record, has taken cognizance under [STATUTE] . Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43696 of 2009 (3) dt.27-03-2012 2 / 2 2 I have perused the impugned order. There is no defect in the same. The petition stands dismissed. N.H./- (Rakesh Kumar, 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.