Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21567 of 2012 (3) dt.27-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.21567 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Md. Mahmood S/O Md. Yunus Resident Of Village- Khaira Garhia, Police Station- Narpatganj, District- Araria. .... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 3 27-07-2012 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail for offence under [STATUTE] . The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the only material against the petitioner is that in the statement of Hadisha Khatoon regarding that one Mahboob took her son with him and since then her son was traceless. It is further submitted that except this, there is no other evidence against the petitioner. The learned counsel for the State does not deny the contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21567 of 2012 (3) dt.27-07-2012 with Narpatganj P.S. Case No. 137 of 2011 to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Araria. Subject to condition that the petitioner shall appear in Court on each and every date, in the case and any absence, on two consecutive dates, without any reasonable ground to the satisfaction of the Court below, shall be a ground of cancellation of bail of the petitioner by the lower Court itself. Safik/- (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.