Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11413 of 2012 (4) dt.19-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.11413 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Nand Kishore Patel @ Bhim Patel S/O Sharda Patel Resident Of Village- Sherawa Bhuski, Police Station- Matiaria, District- West Champaran .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 19-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner seeks bail in a case instituted under [STATUTE] . The allegation is that within three years of marriage the victim was done to death. Soon before death she was being subjected to cruelty for non-fulfillment of demand of dowry. The petitioner is in custody since 19.9.2011. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the deceased committed suicide after locking herself inside a room. The door was broken and she was taken out. However, by the time she could be taken out, she had already died. The police on conclusion of investigation submitted charge-sheet under [STATUTE] . No report regarding suicide was ever made to the police and the dead body was hurriedly disposed of. The petitioner is the husband of the deceased. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11413 of 2012 (4) dt.19-04-2012 In that view of the matter, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, his prayer for bail is rejected. At this stage it is stated that the case has already been committed to the court of sessions for trial. The court below is directed to expedite the trial. Md.S./- (Ashwani Kumar Singh, 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.