Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1145 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Puja Kumari 2. Bibha Devi 3. Neelam Devi 4. Kranti Devi 5. Satya Narayan 6. Shiv Narayan. …. …. Petitioners Versus The State Of Bihar …. …. Opposite Party 2 16-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . The informant’s son went out of the house and did not return subsequently his dead body was recovered. The F.I.R. was lodged against unknown. From the order of Sessions Judge, it appears that against these petitioners, D.I.G. has only found the case under [STATUTE] . since they had knowledge about the occurrence but did not disclose about the same. Considering the circumstantial nature of accusation, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in connection with Begusarai Muffasil (Singhaul) P.S. Case No. 77/2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. The bail bond of the petitioners will be accepted on the undertaking that they will regularly co-operate in the investigation. Amrendra Kumar/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 176

Statute Text:
Section 176 of the Indian Penal Code. Intentionally omitting to Give notice or information to a public servant by a person legally bound to Give such notice or information. Whoever, being legally bound to give any notice or to furnish information on any subject to any public servant, as such, intentionally omits to give such notice or to furnish such information in the manner and at the time required by law, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both; or, if the notice or information required to be given respects the commission of an offence, or is required for the purpose of preventing the commission of an offence, or in order to the apprehension of an offender, with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both; or, if the notice or information required to be given is required by an order passed under sub-section (1) of section 565 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898), with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.