Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19329 of 2012 (3) dt.14-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19329 of 2012 ====================================================== Bhuvneshwar Mahto .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 14.09.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 27.11.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Informant is the daughter whereas deceased was son of the petitioner. Informant stated that her mother was a lady of loose character and being fed up with the behaviour of her mother, deceased consumed poison. In course of investigation, almost all witnesses stated the above stated fact but post mortem report reveals that the deceased died on account of head injury said to be caused by hard and blunt substance. Admittedly, none has seen the actual killing of the deceased and, at best, offence under [STATUTE] is applicable against the petitioner. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Bhuvneshwar Mahto, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dalsingsarai District Samastipur in Vidyapati Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19329 of 2012 (3) dt.14-09-2012 Nagar P.S. Case no. 71/2011. Shahid (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.