Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6864 of 2012 (2) dt.15-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6864 of 2012 ====================================================== Amulya Ratan Prasad Sinha @ A.R.P. Sinha, son of Late Bal Govind Prasad, the then Electrical Executive Engineer, Electric supply Division, Motihari, at present residing at Mohalla- Kankerbagh, P.O.& P.S. Kankerbagh, District- Patna. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner. : Mr. Subodh Kumar, Advocate. Mr. Shyameshwar Kr. Singh, Advocate. For the Vigilance : Mr. Ramakant Sharma, Sr. Advocate. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 15-02-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Vigilance P.S.Case No. 19 of 2006, Spl. Case No. 14/06 for offence under [STATUTE] and Section 13(1) and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The only allegation against the petitioner that one Prabhu Prasad who was dismissed from service was reinstated by the order of this petitioner in the year 1975. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the above petitioner in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of four weeks from today, shall be released on bail Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6864 of 2012 (2) dt.15-02-2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Special Judge, Vigilance, Muzaffarpur, in connection with Vigilance P.S. Case No. 19 of 2006, Spl. Case No. 14/06, subject to condition laid down under Section Section 438 (2) of Cr.P.C., subject to condition that petitioner shall cooperate with the Vigilance during investigation and produced himself as and when required by the police during investigation. m.p. (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.