Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19513 of 2012 (3) dt.16-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19513 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Rajeshwar Chaudhary, 2. Harendra Chaudhary, both sons of Bishwanath Choudhary 3. Bishwanath Chaudhary, son of late Bangali Chaudhary, all are resident of village – Sukhaban, P.S. – Bagaha (Pathkhauli), District – West Champaran. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 3 16-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. This application has been filed for the grant of regular bail to the petitioners for offences punishable under [STATUTE] , in connection with Bagaha (Pathkhauli) P.S. Case No. 88/2012, pending in the court of A.C.J.M., Bagaha, West Champaran. Learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission to withdraw this application, as submitted, petitioners have been released on bail under Section 167(2) of the Cr.P.C. Permission is granted. Accordingly, this application is disposed of as withdrawn. Rajeev/- (Akhilesh Chandra, 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.