Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.45524 of 2012 ====================================================== Chunnu Kumar @ Chuna Kumar son of Narendra Prasad, R/o village Daily, P.S. Harnaut, Dist. Nalanda. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 23-11-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. This is an application for regular bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . Petitioner is Gotia of the husband of the deceased. Brother of the deceased in the informant. The occurrence took place in Sasural of the victim whereas the husband and other inlaws have not been made accused. It is alleged that the Gotia of husband of the deceased has done to death of his sister. Police after investigation submitted charge sheet under [STATUTE] and not under [STATUTE] . Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.45524 of 2012 (2) dt.23-11-2012 2 / 2 2 case the above named petitioner is ordered to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nalanda at Biharsharif in connection with Harnaut P.S. Case no. 96 of 2012. M.Rahman/- (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.