Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25249 of 2012 (3) dt.28-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25249 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Binod Yadav S/O Kailash Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 3 28-08-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Initially, the case was registered against unknown person for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] but after investigation, police submitted charge sheet under [STATUTE] . It would appear from perusal of the impugned order as well as case diary that in course of investigation, it came to light that deceased wanted to marry with elder brother of the petitioner and when elder brother of petitioner refused to marry with the deceased she committed suicide. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25249 of 2012 (3) dt.28-08-2012 Judicial Magistrate, Darbhanga in connection with Laheriasarai P.S. Case No. 107 of 2012. SHAHZAD/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, 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.