Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6907 of 2012 (2) dt.15-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6907 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Sriniwas Ram Son of Late Amir Chand Ram 2. Ishwar Ram son of Sriniwas Ram Both R/o village- Babhangama (Agarpura), P.S.- Barhara, District- Bhojpur .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Akhileshwar Prasad Singh, Sr. Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHYAM KISHORE SHARMA ORAL ORDER 2 15-02-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State. The petitioners are in custody in a case registered under [STATUTE] . A written report was given by Ramkeshwar Ram that he married his daughter Kajal Kumari one and half years prior to the occurrence with Suraj Ram the son of the petitioner no. 1 and brother of petitioner no. 2. After marriage she was being pressurized to bring one motorcycle by way of additional dowry. When that was not given then she was killed. Submission is that the petitioners are separate from the family of the husband of the deceased. The husband of the deceased is already in custody. There is no specific allegation against these petitioners. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6907 of 2012 (2) dt.15-02-2012 Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioners above named are directed to be released on furnishing of bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M./concerned Court, Bhojpur in connection with Barhara P.S. Case No. 214 of 2011. avin/- (Shyam Kishore Sharma, 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.