Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2545 of 2012 (2) dt.18-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2545 of 2012 ====================================================== Tara Devi wife of Bhagi Chaudhary, R/o village- Musahari, P.S.- Thakaraha (Bhitaha), District- West Champaran .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Vijay Kumar Singh No. 1, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHYAM KISHORE SHARMA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHYAM KISHORE SHARMA) 2 18-01-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. Altogether nine persons are named as accused in a case registered under [STATUTE] in which the informant has alleged that his son Umesh Sahani married four years prior to the occurrence with Anita the daughter of the petitioner was suspectedly poisoned to death. Submission is that there is no witness to the occurrence and the petitioner being the mother-in-law of the deceased has no motive at all to cause death. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner above named is directed to be released on furnishing of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2545 of 2012 (2) dt.18-01-2012 bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M./concerned Court, Bagha in connection with Thakraha (Bhita) P.S. Case No. 127 of 2011. avin/- (Shyam Kishore Sharma, 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.