Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41698 of 2011 (4) dt.30-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.41698 of 2011 ====================================================== Dudhnath Singh, son of Rajendra Singh @ Tulli Singh, resident of Village- Madhaul, P.S. Desari, District- Vaishali. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 4 30-03-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner has been arrested in connection with Desari P.S. Case No. 96 of 2010, registered under [STATUTE] . There is allegation that Parmita Devi and this petitioner has done to death of one Laxmi Kumari and disposed of her dead body. However, there is no eye witness to the occurrence. However, there is only circumstantial evidence against the petitioner is that one of the rickshaw puller has called for carrying a gunny bag, but he flee away as it is apparent from para 34 of the case diary. The petitioner is in jail custody since 03. 05. 2011. Under the facts and circumstances of the case, the above named petitioner is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur, in connection with Desari P.S. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41698 of 2011 (4) dt.30-03-2012 Case No. 96 of 2010, subject to condition that petitioner shall appear on each and every date fixed in this case to the satisfaction of the court below and in any absence shall be subject to satisfaction of the court below on reasonable ground. However, any absence after framing of the charge on two consecutive dates shall be sufficient ground for cancellation of the bail bond of the petitioner. m.p. (Gopal Prasad, 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.