Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29324 of 2012 (4) dt.26-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.29324 of 2012 ====================================================== Anil Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 04/ 26.09.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State assisted by learned counsel for the informant. Petitioner being husband of the deceased is in jail custody since 13.4.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] but after investigation, police submitted charge sheet under [STATUTE] . The contention on behalf of the petitioner is that in course of investigation witnesses stated that the deceased died of diarrhoea and moreover, police found that the deceased committed suicide and her dead body was cremated in presence of her natal people. On the other hand, learned counsel appearing for the informant vehemently opposed the prayer submitting that police was in collusion with the accused persons and that was the reason, police submitted charge sheet under [STATUTE] . Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Anil Kumar, 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 Sub divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sikarhana at Motihari in Ghorasahan P.S. Case no. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29324 of 2012 (4) dt.26-09-2012 49/2012. 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.