Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.34680 of 2012 ====================================================== Bueeya Kuwar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 14-09-2012 Petitioner being mother of the husband of the victim is apprehending her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of killing daughter of the informant after one year of marriage, for non-fulfilment of dowry demand. The First Information Report reflects that accusation of demand of dowry and torture is alleged against the husband. Considering the thrust of accusation against the husband, who, as per learned counsel for the petitioner will surrender within a period of six weeks, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.34680 of 2012 (2) dt.14-09-2012 2 / 2 2 satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saran, Chapra in connection with Garkha P.S. Case No. 30 of 2012. The bail bonds of the petitioner will be accepted on surrender of the husband of the victim. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.