Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24678 of 2012 (3) dt.21-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24678 of 2012 ====================================================== Raj Kumar Rai, S/O-Late Mohan Rai .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 3 21-09-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. No doubt, petitioner being husband of the deceased is in jail custody since 04.02.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] but admittedly, earlier the prayer for bail of the petitioner has already been rejected on merit. Although, this Court directed the trial court to conclude the trial of the petitioner within one year from the date of commitment order but it is apparent from the report of learned trial Judge that case is still pending for appearance of other accused. Moreover, the trial court has sought ten months’ time to conclude the trial of the petitioner. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is again rejected. However, petitioner may renew his prayer for bail in Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24678 of 2012 (3) dt.21-09-2012 connection with Sessions Trial No. 457 of 2012/69 of 2012 arising out of Shahpur P.S. Case No. 57 of 2010 after ten months, if his trial is not concluded within the above stated period. Let a copy of this order be sent to the court of Sri Satya Prakash, Additional Sessions Judge-VI, Danapur in connection with the above stated case for needful. 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.