Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25243 of 2012 (2) dt.19-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25243 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Kamla Devi W/O Deo Narain Garai .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 2 19-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being mother-in-law of the deceased is in jail custody since 16.07.2003 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Earlier the prayer for bail of the petitioner was rejected by this Court vide order dated 20.02.2004 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 28297 of 2003 with observation that she may renew her prayer for bail after her son i.e. husband of the deceased surrenders. Although, the impugned order of learned 1st Additional Sessions Judge, Hilsa, Nalanda reflects that up-till-now the husband of the deceased has not surrendered but considering the period of detention of the petitioner in jail custody as well as facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner be released Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25243 of 2012 (2) dt.19-07-2012 on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of 1st Additional Sessions Judge, Hilsa, Nalanda in connection with Sessions Trial No. 774 of 2004 arising out of Ekangarsarai (Telhara) P.S. Case No. 213 of 2002. SHAHZAD/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, 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.