Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.48774 of 2012 (2) dt.18-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.48774 of 2012 ====================================================== Bay Yadav @ Mithilesh Yadav, Son of Sri Ganesh Yadav, resident of Village Sarasat, Police Station Naubatpur, District Patna .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rajeev Ranjan Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ashraf Ansari, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA PRAKASH ORAL ORDER 2 18-12-2012 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner seeks bail in a case instituted for the offence under [STATUTE] . Considering the circumstances of the case and the undertaking given by the Petitioner that he would be physically present on each date of the case and now charges have been framed, let the petitioner above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 5,000/-(Five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each or any other surety to be fixed by the court concerned to the satisfaction of learned Additional District and Sessions Judge-II, Danapur, Patna in connection with Sessions Trial No.578 of 2000 arising out of Naubatpur P.S. Case No.65 of 1999, subject to the conditions (i) That one of the bailor shall be Sanjeet Kumar, son of the Petitioner and the other bailor will be a close relative of the petitioner who will give an affidavit Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.48774 of 2012 (2) dt.18-12-2012 giving genealogy as to how he is related with the petitioner. The bailor will undertake to furnish information to the Court about any change in address of the petitioner. (ii) That the affidavit shall clearly state that the petitioner is not an accused in any other case and if he is he shall not be released on bail, (iii) That the bailor shall also state on affidavit that he will inform the court concerned if the petitioner is implicated in any other case of similar nature after his release in the present case and thereafter the court below will be at liberty to initiate the proceeding for cancellation of bail on ground of misuse, (iv) That the petitioner shall be physically present on each date during trial and if he fails to do so on two consecutive dates without any reasonable cause, his bail shall stand automatically cancelled. Narendra/- (Anjana Prakash, 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.