Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1915 of 2012 (3) dt.15-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1915 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Madan Choudhary S/O Sri Narsingh Choudhary 2. Smt. Usha Devi W/O Late Kamta Choudhary Both resident of village- Baruhan, P.S.- Bagen Gola, District- Buxar, Bihar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 3 15-02-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioners apprehending their arrest in connection with Bagen Gola P.S. Case No. 15/2010 for the offences under [STATUTE] . Earlier petitioners’ anticipatory bail was disposed of by this court vide order dated 29.07.2011 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 22042/2011. In this case instituted against one Dablu Choudhary on the basis of complaint case no. 355/2010, petitioner’s name emerged during investigation and submission is of not finding any material against them whatever allegation is leveled against solitary named accused and petitioner no. 1 participated in disposal of the dead body of the deceased after waiting for reasonable period and only on instruction received from police Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1915 of 2012 (3) dt.15-02-2012 authorities. Though, it emerges that deceased was done to death in the house of petitioner no. 2, but also there is nothing to show her complicity. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of their arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks, let the above-named petitioners be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of sum of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand only) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Buxar, in connection with Bagen Gola P.S. Case No. 15/2010, subject to condition under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and additional condition to attend the court regularly till disposal of the case, in the event of failure on two consecutive dates, without any reasonable explanation, the privilege granted shall be deemed to be cancelled. 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.