Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7992 of 2012 (2) dt.22-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.7992 of 2012 ====================================================== Deepak Tanti Son of Sachidanand Tanti, R/o village- Pidroan, P.S.- Laxmipur, District- Jamui .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Umesh Prasad, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHYAM KISHORE SHARMA ORAL ORDER 2 22-02-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. The petitioner is one of the three named accused of the case registered under [STATUTE] . Informant’s husband Ashok Yadav was called by Prakash Tanti and Ghanshyam Tanti in the morning of 14th November, 2010. While the informant’s husband was in Banka Jail then he got acquaintance with Sanjay Tanti. Subsequently dead body of informant’s husband was found. The informant came to know that her husband was having illicit relationship with the daughter of Prakash Tanti and nephey of Prakash Tanti was a notorious criminal. Submission is that no overt act was alleged against Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7992 of 2012 (2) dt.22-02-2012 this petitioner and the allegation was because of the petitioner’s acquaintance with another accused. The occurrence might have been committed on account of illicit relationship of the informant’s husband. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner above named is directed to be released on furnishing of bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M./concerned Court, Jamui in connection with Laxmipur P.S. Case No. 211 of 2010. avin/- (Shyam Kishore Sharma, 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.