Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27511 of 2012 (2) dt.19-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.27511 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Rudal Ram, son of Late Lakhan Ram 2. Heeramuni Devi, wife of Rudal Ram, both residents of Village Rasulpur, South Tola, Police Station, Rasulpur, District Saran. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VIKASH JAIN ORAL ORDER 2 19-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioners are in custody since 19.2.2012 in connection with Rasulpur P.S. Case No. 124 of 2011 for the alleged offences under [STATUTE] . 3. The allegation is with regard to killing of the informant’s daughter by the petitioners who are father-in-law and mother-in-law of the deceased respectively and other family members. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the allegations are hearsay and nothing else. Moreover, the petitioners are already in custody for about five months. 5. On going through the FIR, however, it is noticed that Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27511 of 2012 (2) dt.19-07-2012 there are some specific allegation against these petitioners with regard to demand of dowry, torture and killing. As stated by the learned Additional Sessions Judge while rejecting the petitioner’s bail petition, several witnesses have fully supported the prosecution case, and the charge sheet has also been submitted. 6. In the above circumstances, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioners at this stage. The petition is accordingly dismissed. Chandran (Vikash Jain, 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.