Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.49055 of 2012 (3) dt.18-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.49055 of 2012 ====================================================== Pintoo Rai @ Pintu Rai son of Ramashish Rai, resident of village-Barshima, PS-Alipur, District-Gaya. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVAJI PANDEY ORAL ORDER 3 18-12-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. In this case, the petitioner is making prayer for bail in connection with Alipur P.S. Case No. 16/2009 for offence under [STATUTE] . There is an allegation that the petitioner and his other family members have killed the victim and there is an allegation against the petitioner that the petitioner along with Chintu Rai has caught hold the uncle. There is an allegation against Ramakant Rai and Ram Sevak Rai of pressing the neck of the deceased. In the similar circumstance, one Chintu Rai, against whom the allegation has been made of holding the leg of the deceased has been granted bail in Cr. Misc. No. 43951 of 2012. In view of the order passed in the aforesaid case, let the petitioner be released on regular bail on his furnishing bail Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.49055 of 2012 (3) dt.18-12-2012 bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya in Alipur P.S. Case No. 16/2009. Mahesh/- (Shivaji Pandey, 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.