Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37105 of 2011 (3) dt.19-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.37105 of 2011 ====================================================== Suresh Biswas son of Nand Lal Bishwas. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== 3 19-01-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being the husband of the deceased is in jail custody since 10.04.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Admittedly, deceased died within a year of her marriage but according to the prosecution case itself, the death of deceased took place on 05.03.2011, whereas the informant lodged the present case on 15.03.2011. Furthermore, it is the admitted case of the prosecution that the dead body of the deceased was cremated in presence of the informant, though he stated in his fardbeyan that he was stopped by the petitioner’s family members from lodging the case on 05.03.2011. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Araria in connection with Jokihat (Mahalgaon) P.S. Case No. 53 of 2011. Devendra/- (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.