Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20267 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Champa Devi, W/O Mahesh Tiwari, Resident Of Village- Tiwarichak, P.S.- Fatehpur, District- Gaya. 2. Gurdia Devi, W/O Ramjit Tiwari, Resident Of Village- Tiwarichak, P.S.- Fatehpur, District- Gaya. 3. Vikas Tiwari, S/O Mahesh Tiwari, Resident Of Village- Tiwarichak, P.S.- Fatehpur, District- Gaya. .... .... Petitioners Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== 2 05-06-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. Petitioners are accused for offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner no.1 is the old mother-in-law of the deceased, whereas petitioner-2 is her gotani and petitioner no.3 is junior member of the family, namely devar and there are general and omnibus allegations against all the accused persons, including the husband of the deceased, who is in custody and no specific overt act has been alleged against the petitioners as would be apparent from the F.I.R. itself. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this petition is allowed. Let petitioners above named be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000.00 (Rupees ten thousand) Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20267 of 2012 (2) dt.05-06-2012 2 each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya in connection with Fatehpur P.S. Case No. 278 of 2011. Harish/- (S.N. Hussain, 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.