Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41522 of 2011 (3) dt.10-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.41522 of 2011 ====================================================== Lali Mahato @ Lalit Prasad @ Butta .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.41564 of 2011 ====================================================== Laloo Choudhary @ Lallu Choudhary .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 10.02.2012 Both the above stated petitions arise out of Sherghatty (Dobhi) P.S. Case no. 320/2011 registered under [STATUTE] and, accordingly, both the above stated petitions are being disposed off by this common order. No one appears on behalf of the petitioner in Cr. Misc. no. 41522/2011 on repeated call. Accordingly, the aforesaid Cr. Misc. no. 41522/2011 stands dismissed for non-prosecution. Learned counsel for the petitioner in Cr. Misc. no. 41564/2011 submits that except suspicion, there appears to be nothing against the petitioner. In view of the aforesaid submissions, petitioner in Cr. Misc. no. 41564/2011, namely, Laloo Chaudhary @ Lallu Chaudhary is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41522 of 2011 (3) dt.10-02-2012 divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sherghatty (Gaya) in Sherghatty (Dobhi) P.S. Case no. 320/2011. shahid (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.