Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.45075 of 2011 1. Mukesh Ravidas, son of Kewal Ravidas 2. Kewal Ravidas, son of Late Lokan Ravidas 3. Badmiya Devi @ Badumiya Devi, wife of Kewal Ravidas Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 02. 06.01.2012 Petitioners are languishing in custody since 23.09.2011 in connection with a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that informant’s son was taken by the petitioners to Kolkata for providing employment in the shop of the petitioners, subsequently the son of the informant did not return. After investigation chargesheet has been submitted under [STATUTE] . It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that son of the informant is working outside State and in order to extort money, the present case has been lodged. Considering the fact that accusation under [STATUTE] . was found false by the police, let the petitioners above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamui in connection with Khaira P.S. Case No. 139 of 2011. Shageer ( Dinesh 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.