Case Facts:
Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.637 of 2012 (3) dt.01-11-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Appeal (SJ) No.637 of 2012 ====================================================== Ghutar Gupta @ Langra Gupta .... .... Appellant Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Respondent ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 01-11-2012 Heard. The appellant has been convicted under [STATUTE] . It is contended that the appellant is not directly related to the husband of the victim. He is a co-villager and agnate of the husband of the victim. The brother-in-law of the deceased, namely, Supari Gupta @ Dinesh Gupta has already been granted bail by this Court by order dated 12.09.2012 passed in Cr.Appeal(SJ)No.570 of 2012. It has also been contended that there is no specific allegation against the appellant. Be that as it may, considering the facts and circumstances of the case, during the pendency of this appeal, let the above named appellant be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sessions Judge, Munger in Sessions Trial No.256 of 2011. B.Kr./- (Ashwani 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.