Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3840 of 2012 (2) dt.28-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.3840 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Rishideo Rai S/O Nokhlal Rai, Mohalla- Nasriganj Mithila Colony, Thana- Danapur, District- Patna. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA PRAKASH ORAL ORDER 2/ 28-06-2012 Heard the parties. The Petitioner seeks quashing of the order dated 01.07.2010 passed by the Judicial Magistrate, Patna, in Complaint Case No.144-C of 2009, by which he has taken cognizance under [STATUTE] . It has been submitted that even while the investigation was pending a protest petition had been filed but despite the same final report submitted in the matter was accepted and, therefore, subsequently the proceeding on protest petition treating it as Complaint was bad in law. In my view, the procedure adopted is in accordance with law and, therefore, finding no merit in the application, the same is dismissed. JA/- (Anjana Prakash, 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.