Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.9670 of 2012 ====================================================== Surendra Mahto .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 04-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being husband is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Earlier prayer of the petitioner was rejected on 23.8.2010. The ground for renewal of the prayer for anticipatory bail is that others have been acquitted while the informant has not supported the prosecution case and the FIR was lodged at the instigation of the agnates of the petitioner. In view of this court, the contentions of learned counsel for the petitioner can be good grounds for consideration of regular bail of the petitioner by the learned court below in case the petitioner surrenders within six weeks from today in connection with S.T. No. 717 of 2010 arising out of Neema Chandpura P.S. Case no. 84 of 2009 pending in the court of Additional Sessions Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.9670 of 2012 (2) dt.04-04-2012 2 / 2 2 Judge II, Begusarai. The prayer of the petitioner for regular bail shall be considered by the learned court below keeping in view that the informant has not supported the prosecution case and others have been acquitted. This application is disposed of with the aforesaid observation/direction. Let this order be transmitted through FAX at the cost of the petitioner. Anil/- (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.