Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.10596 of 2012 ===================================================== Bir Rai, son of Late Kripal Rai, resident of village-Jagdishpur, Police Station-Khairah, District-Saran at Chapra. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ===================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJENDRA KUMAR MISHRA ORAL ORDER 5 21-05-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.P.P. for the State. The petitioner is accused in Chapra Muffasil P.S. Case No.136 of 2009 registered under [STATUTE] . It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner is the father-in-law of the deceased, Rina Kumari, who is said to have been murdered alongwith her son by the accused persons including the petitioner. It has also been submitted that from perusal of the case diary, it would appear that there is no eye witness to the occurrence and the brothers-in-law of the deceased have already been granted anticipatory bail by a Bench of this Court vide order dated 21.6.2011 passed in Criminal Misc. No.6353 of 2011 (Annexure-‘2’ to this application). Having regard to the facts and the circumstances of the case, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be released on bail Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.10596 of 2012 (5) dt.21-05-2012 2 / 2 2 on his furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sararn at Chapra, in connection with Chapra Muffasil P.S. Case No.136 of 2009. P.S./- (Rajendra Kumar Mishra, 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.