Woman’s Suicide In Matrimonial Home Doesn’t Automatically Make Husband, In-Laws Liable For Harassment, Abetment: Punjab & Haryana High Court
1 year, 9 months ago

Woman’s Suicide In Matrimonial Home Doesn’t Automatically Make Husband, In-Laws Liable For Harassment, Abetment: Punjab & Haryana High Court

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Observing that a woman's suicide in matrimonial home in itself does not make her in-laws and husband liable for harassment and abetment to commit suicide, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has upheld the acquittal of accused in a 2002 abetment to suicide case. The prosecution is obliged to prove and lead sufficient evidence capable of suggesting that the accused intended by such act to instigate the deceased to commit suicide," said Justice N.S.Shekhawat. The prosecution argued that the accused were wrongly acquitted by the trial court and it had “failed to apply its judicious mind.” Justice Shekhawat noted that the father of the deceased had admitted that during the 18 years of subsistence of her marriage, no complaint or application alleging maltreatment or misbehavior by her husband was made by the deceased. “Even, simply because of the fact that the wife committed suicide in matrimonial home, itself does not make her in-laws and husband liable for harassment and abetment to commit suicide,” it opined.

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Threatening to commit suicide amounts to cruelty towards spouse: Bombay High Court
1 day, 14 hours ago

Threatening to commit suicide amounts to cruelty towards spouse: Bombay High Court

India Today  

The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has ruled that threatening a spouse and their family with imprisonment by threatening or attempting suicide constitutes cruelty, providing grounds for divorce. Justice RM Joshi made this observation while upholding a divorce granted to a husband who claimed to have faced cruelty from the wife. The court noted the wife's inability to …

Abetment Of Suicide | 'Court Answerable To Deceased', Can't Quash FIR On Basis Of Compromise: Punjab & Haryana High Court
6 days, 10 hours ago

Abetment Of Suicide | 'Court Answerable To Deceased', Can't Quash FIR On Basis Of Compromise: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that the FIR lodged for abetment to suicide cannot be quashed on the basis of compromise between parties, observing that where the primary victim is deceased, "the Courts must act as if it is directly answerable to the deceased and such cases be approached with the highest sense of responsibility and gravity …

Rajasthan HC Grants Bail To Husband Accused Of Abetting Wife's Suicide, Says He May Have Beaten Her But Prima Facie No 'Instigation' Established
2 weeks ago

Rajasthan HC Grants Bail To Husband Accused Of Abetting Wife's Suicide, Says He May Have Beaten Her But Prima Facie No 'Instigation' Established

Live Law  

While granting bail to the husband-accused in wife's suicide case, the Rajasthan High Court ruled that even though as per the prosecution the husband used to beat the wife, and misbehaved with her, there was no direct evidence to show that he did any act to instigate or aid his wife's suicide. Without there being a positive act on the …

Suicide Note Doesn't Show Serious Fight Between Couple: Punjab & Haryana HC Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To Wife Accused Of Abetting Husband's Suicide
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Suicide Note Doesn't Show Serious Fight Between Couple: Punjab & Haryana HC Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To Wife Accused Of Abetting Husband's Suicide

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a wife accused of abetting the suicide of her husband, observing that no serious fight in the recent past has been shown in the alleged suicide note. The Court noted that prima facie, as per the alleged suicide note, the husband was perturbed with the unwarranted desire of the …

For Abetment Of Suicide Offence, Alleged Harassment Must Have Left Victim With No Other Alternative But To End Life : Supreme Court
1 month, 2 weeks ago

For Abetment Of Suicide Offence, Alleged Harassment Must Have Left Victim With No Other Alternative But To End Life : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court while quashing charges of abetment of suicide against the present appellants, reiterated that the alleged harassment should be of such nature that it leaves the victim with no other alternative but to end their life. Further, the alleged harassment meted out should have left the victim with no other alternative but to put an end to her …

Allowing Compromise In Abetment To Suicide Case Is Against Rule Of Law As Victim Is Deceased And Cannot Give Consent: Punjab & Haryana HC
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Allowing Compromise In Abetment To Suicide Case Is Against Rule Of Law As Victim Is Deceased And Cannot Give Consent: Punjab & Haryana HC

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that allowing quashing of FIR for offence of abetting suicide on the basis of compromise is against rule of law, observing that the victim being deceased couldn't give consent and the crime has large implication on society.Justice Sumeet Goel said, "A settlement between the accused and the complainant, who merely initiated the …

‘Daddy, my wife is killing me’: Karnataka man alleges ‘harassment’ in suicide note
1 month, 3 weeks ago

‘Daddy, my wife is killing me’: Karnataka man alleges ‘harassment’ in suicide note

Live Mint  

A 40-year-old man in Hubballi of Karnataka died by suicide at his home, blaming his wife for the ‘harassment’. Petaru Gollapalli left a suicide note in which he blamed his wife, stating ‘my wife is killing me.’ The incident happened in Chamundeshwari Nagar in Hubballi on Sunday, January 26. In the suicide note, Petaru held his wife responsible for his …

Disapproving marriage not abetment of suicide: Supreme Court
2 months ago

Disapproving marriage not abetment of suicide: Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court has said that disapproving marriage does not amount to abetment of suicide under section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, PTI reported. A top court bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma observed while rejecting a chargesheet against a woman who was accused of abetting the suicide of another woman who was allegedly in love …

Disapproving marriage does not amount to abetment of suicide: Supreme Court
2 months ago

Disapproving marriage does not amount to abetment of suicide: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court has said expressing disapproval for marriage does not amount to abetment of suicide under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code. The court said even if all evidence on record, including the charge sheet and witness statements, are taken to be correct, there is not an iota of evidence against the appellant. Even if the appellant expressed …

Asking Son's Lover To End Life If She Can't Live Without Him Not Abetment Of Suicide : Supreme Court Quashes Case Against Mother
2 months ago

Asking Son's Lover To End Life If She Can't Live Without Him Not Abetment Of Suicide : Supreme Court Quashes Case Against Mother

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today quashed a criminal case for the offence of abetment to suicide against a woman for asking her son's lover to end her life if she could not live without him. The bench comprising Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice SC Sharma was hearing the case arising out of the Calcutta High Court's decision refusing to quash the …

Man's Refusal To Marry Woman After Break-Up Of Relationship Not Grounds To Book Him For Abetting Her Suicide: Bombay High Court
2 months, 1 week ago

Man's Refusal To Marry Woman After Break-Up Of Relationship Not Grounds To Book Him For Abetting Her Suicide: Bombay High Court

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court bench at Nagpur on Wednesday held that just because a woman committed suicide after her 'long standing relationship' was broken up by the man, he cannot be booked for abetting her suicide. Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke discharged a man booked for abetting the suicide of a woman, with whom he was in a relationship for 9 years. …

Newlywed girl's alleged suicide in Kerala: Family alleges harassment by husband, in-laws
2 months, 1 week ago

Newlywed girl's alleged suicide in Kerala: Family alleges harassment by husband, in-laws

Deccan Chronicle  

Malappuram: A19-year-old newlywed girl died by suicide near here, with her family claiming she took the step due to harassment from the husband's side over her complexion and lack of English proficiency, police said on Wednesday. An officer of Kondotty police station said that the girl's body was buried in the morning as the post-mortem was completed by the previous …

Atul Subhash Suicide| 'Ingredients For Abetment Of Suicide Prima Facie Made Out' : Karnataka HC Refuses To Stay Investigation Against Wife
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Atul Subhash Suicide| 'Ingredients For Abetment Of Suicide Prima Facie Made Out' : Karnataka HC Refuses To Stay Investigation Against Wife

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Monday orally observed that it cannot quash the complaint filed against Nikita Singhania for allegedly abetting the suicide of her husband Atul Subhash, a Bangalore based techie, as prima facie ingredients of the offence are made out in the complaint. A single judge Justice S R Krishna Kumar refused to stay further investigation in the …

Mere Harassment Not Abetment Of Suicide : Supreme Court Discharges Husband In Wife's Suicide Case
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Mere Harassment Not Abetment Of Suicide : Supreme Court Discharges Husband In Wife's Suicide Case

Live Law  

Mere harassment is not sufficient to hold an accused guilty of abetment of suicide under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, held the Supreme Court while discharging a husband in a case related to the suicide of his wife. "Mere allegations of harassment are not enough unless the accused's actions were so compelling that the victim perceived no alternative …

Mere Harassment Not Abetment Of Suicide : Supreme Court Discharges Husband In Wife's Suicide Case
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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Mere Harassment Not Abetment Of Suicide : Supreme Court Discharges Husband In Wife's Suicide Case

Live Law  

Mere harassment is not sufficient to hold an accused guilty of abetment of suicide under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, held the Supreme Court while discharging a husband in a case related to the suicide of his wife. "Mere allegations of harassment are not enough unless the accused's actions were so compelling that the victim perceived no alternative …

Merely Because Wife Didn't File Complaint Under S.498A IPC For Many Years Doesn't Mean There Was No Cruelty By Husband : Supreme Court
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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Merely Because Wife Didn't File Complaint Under S.498A IPC For Many Years Doesn't Mean There Was No Cruelty By Husband : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The fact that a wife did not make any complaint regarding cruelty for many years would not make a complaint under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code unsustainable, held the Supreme Court while rejecting the plea of a husband for discharge. The Supreme Court noted that there were sufficient averments in the complaint to the effect that the wife …

Mere harassment not sufficient to find accused guilty of abetting suicide: Supreme Court
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Mere harassment not sufficient to find accused guilty of abetting suicide: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

Mere harassment is not sufficient to hold someone guilty of the offence of abetting suicide, and there must be clear evidence of direct or indirect incitement, the Supreme Court has said. Mere harassment, by itself, is not sufficient to find an accused guilty of abetting suicide,” the Bench said in its December 10 judgement. The Supreme Court said Section 306 …

Break-ups not abetment of suicide by default, says SC
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Break-ups not abetment of suicide by default, says SC

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Emotionally distressing broken relationships do not automatically amount to abetment of suicide unless there is clear intention linked to the criminal offence, the Supreme Court has observed. “This is a case of a broken relationship, not criminal conduct,” a two-judge bench of the apex court, led by Justice Pankaj Mithal, and also comprising Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, said, in …

Refusal to marry isn’t an abetment to suicide, heartbreaks are part of life: SC
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Refusal to marry isn’t an abetment to suicide, heartbreaks are part of life: SC

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that refusal to marry, even if preceded by a relationship or promises of marriage, cannot be construed as abetment to suicide under the penal law of the land. The Supreme Court verdict came on a case in which a 21-year-old woman consumed poison after her boyfriend refused to marry her in 200 Emphasising the …

Keeping Control On Employee Doesn't Permit "Bullying": Punjab & Haryana HC Upholds Abetment To Suicide Charge Against Deceased's Senior
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Keeping Control On Employee Doesn't Permit "Bullying": Punjab & Haryana HC Upholds Abetment To Suicide Charge Against Deceased's Senior

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused to quash an FIR lodged against a senior for allegedly abetting his junior employee to commit suicide by harassing and bullying him.It was alleged that the petitioner, who was senior of the deceased working in a government veterinary hospital, harassed and bullied him by using abusive language which forced him to commit …

Sexually abused Odisha housewife dies by suicide
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Sexually abused Odisha housewife dies by suicide

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: A 25-year-old housewife from Odisha, who was reportedly lured by a local for surrogacy and abused sexually, died by suicide in an apartment at Gachibowli. The victim was subject to sexual abuse by the man, who a month back reportedly brought her to his apartment at My Home Bhooja in Gachibowli promising to pay Rs 10 lakh for surrogacy, …

Seeking justice in times of regression
4 months, 1 week ago

Seeking justice in times of regression

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: More than two decades ago, a Maharashtrian woman died by suicide a little over four months after she was married. Death by purported kitchen accident or death by suicide in the first few years after marriage is not particularly shocking in this context, although it should be, and if one does not linger on that sentence, it would simply …

Husband Committing Suicide Due To Wife's Illicit Relationship No Ground To Convict For Abetment Of Suicide: Karnataka High Court
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Husband Committing Suicide Due To Wife's Illicit Relationship No Ground To Convict For Abetment Of Suicide: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has said that a husband committing suicide allegedly due to his wife having an illicit relationship with another man cannot be a ground to convict the wife for charges of abetment to suicide. It said “The act of accused persons having illicit relationship does not amount to abetment to commit suicide. On going through the evidence …

Wife Threatening To Commit Suicide, Filing False Dowry Harassment Case Would Amount To Mental Cruelty: Madras High Court
6 months ago

Wife Threatening To Commit Suicide, Filing False Dowry Harassment Case Would Amount To Mental Cruelty: Madras High Court

Live Law  

Granting divorce to a husband, the Madras High Court recently observed that a wife threatening to commit suicide would amount to cruelty. The court also noted that the wife had filed false dowry harassment case against the husband and his family which had tarnished the family's image. The court thus noted that the wife had used the false dowry harassment …

Rajasthan High Court Grants Bail To Husband Noting That His Extra-Marital Affair Would 'Per Se' Not Attract Abetment Of Wife's Suicide
6 months, 1 week ago

Rajasthan High Court Grants Bail To Husband Noting That His Extra-Marital Affair Would 'Per Se' Not Attract Abetment Of Wife's Suicide

Live Law  

Extra-marital relationship, per se or as such, would not come within the ambit of abetment. To explicate, solely because the husband is involved in an extra-marital relationship and there is some suspicion in the mind of wife, that cannot be regarded as abetment for satisfying the ingredients of Section 306 IPC. After considering the facts of the case, a single …

[S.306 IPC] Prosecution For Allegedly Instigating Wife To Commit Suicide Can't Be Quashed After Filing Chargesheet: Karnataka High Court
7 months ago

[S.306 IPC] Prosecution For Allegedly Instigating Wife To Commit Suicide Can't Be Quashed After Filing Chargesheet: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has held instigation or otherwise by a husband for the commission of suicide of the wife can only be deciphered in a full-blown trial after recording evidence. Instigation or otherwise of a husband for commission of suicide of the wife can only be deciphered in a full blown trial.” As per the prosecution case, the couple …

Prosecution Must Prove Continuous Harassment And Proximate Act For Securing Conviction Of Abetment To Suicide: J&K High Court
9 months ago

Prosecution Must Prove Continuous Harassment And Proximate Act For Securing Conviction Of Abetment To Suicide: J&K High Court

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has observed that for a conviction on charges of abetment to suicide, the prosecution must establish not just continuous harassment but also a clear and proximate act by the accused that demonstrably pushed the victim to take their own life. In dismissing a criminal appeal challenging the acquittal of a man accused …

Woman can't be held accountable if lover dies by suicide due to ‘love failure’: Delhi High Court
11 months, 1 week ago

Woman can't be held accountable if lover dies by suicide due to ‘love failure’: Delhi High Court

India TV News  

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court observed that if a “lover” dies by suicide due to “love failure”, then the woman cannot be held accountable for abetting the man’s suicide while granting pre-arrest bail to two persons in an abetment of suicide case. A single-judge bench of Justice Amit Mahajan, in its April 16 order, held, "If a lover commits …

S.306 IPC | Ordinary Quarrels In Marriage Can't Constitute Abetment Of Suicide In Absence Of Something More In Form Of 'Instigation': Kerala HC
1 year ago

S.306 IPC | Ordinary Quarrels In Marriage Can't Constitute Abetment Of Suicide In Absence Of Something More In Form Of 'Instigation': Kerala HC

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has held that ordinary quarrels in marital life without any overt act or instigation that would stimulate or prod the deceased to commit suicide would not attract an offence of abetment to suicide under Section 306 of the IPC. Court Findings The court stated that the suicide notes left by the husband would only indicate that …

S. 306 IPC | A Word Uttered In A Fit Of Anger Without Intending Consequences Can't Be Said To Be Instigation For Suicide: Supreme Court
1 year ago

S. 306 IPC | A Word Uttered In A Fit Of Anger Without Intending Consequences Can't Be Said To Be Instigation For Suicide: Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court reiterated that to convict the accused for committing an offence of abetment to suicide under Section 306 IPC, it must be proved by the prosecution that the accused, by his act or omission or by his continued course of conduct, created a situation that the deceased is left with no other option except to commit suicide. Supreme …

Attempting Suicide, Then Blaming Husband and His Family is an Act of 'Extreme Cruelty’: Delhi HC
1 year, 2 months ago

Attempting Suicide, Then Blaming Husband and His Family is an Act of 'Extreme Cruelty’: Delhi HC

News 18  

The Delhi High Court has ruled that attempting suicide and then trying to put the blame on the husband and his family members is an “act of extreme cruelty” by the woman. “Such conduct of the appellant in attempting suicide and then trying to put the blame on the husband and his family members was an act of extreme cruelty …

Woman, live-in partner ‘manhandled’ by cops: Panchkula Police to hold inquiry: ACP
1 year, 3 months ago

Woman, live-in partner ‘manhandled’ by cops: Panchkula Police to hold inquiry: ACP

Hindustan Times  

The Panchkula Police will hold an inquiry into the alleged harassment of a 22-year-old woman and her 19-year-old live-in partner at the Sector 25 police post, which allegedly led to a suicide bid by the former. Before taking the extreme step, the woman had submitted a written complaint to the Haryana State Commission for Women, DCP office and at the …

Husband Get Life Term for Wife's Suicide
1 year, 3 months ago

Husband Get Life Term for Wife's Suicide

Deccan Chronicle  

Anantapur: Proddatur Second ADJ Court on Wednesday sentenced to life a husband after prosecutors proved that he had provoked his wife to commit suicide in Proddatur in Kadapa district. According to police, Jakki Prasad, 30, resident of Adarsh Colony in Proddatur town had got married to Raja Rajeswari, aged 21 years, seven years ago. Proddatur Two Town police registered a …

Partner Can’t Be Booked for Abetment if Man or Woman Commit Suicide After Break-Up: Chhattisgarh HC
1 year, 3 months ago

Partner Can’t Be Booked for Abetment if Man or Woman Commit Suicide After Break-Up: Chhattisgarh HC

News 18  

If a man or a woman commits suicide due to heart break, his partner cannot be held responsible for the death, stressed the Chhattisgarh High Court, which recently quashed the order of framing ‘abetment to suicide’ charges against a girl and her brothers in a case of suicide of her former boyfriend. The bench of Justice Parth Prateem Sahu said …

Rajasthan woman gang-raped by 2 men, blackmailed for sex, dies by suicide: Cop
1 year, 4 months ago

Rajasthan woman gang-raped by 2 men, blackmailed for sex, dies by suicide: Cop

Hindustan Times  

A 22-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide by hanging herself to a ceiling fan on Tuesday in Rajasthan’s Bikaner after she was allegedly gang-raped on multiple occasions over a period of two months by two men, who also filmed and blackmailed her, police said. Police said that the incident came to light after the woman’s father filed a complaint on …

Offence of cruelty to wife inapplicable in live-in relationship: Kerala High Court
1 year, 5 months ago

Offence of cruelty to wife inapplicable in live-in relationship: Kerala High Court

Hindustan Times  

The Kerala High Court recently observed that punishments relating to cruelty to a married woman, under Indian Penal Code section 498A, cannot be applied to or invoked by women in live-in relationships. But, when there was no solemnisation of marriage at all, and only live in relationship on the basis of a marriage agreement, then the woman cannot seek shelter …

Couple Commit Suicide Hours After Wife's Gang-rape in Uttar Pradesh's Basti
1 year, 6 months ago

Couple Commit Suicide Hours After Wife's Gang-rape in Uttar Pradesh's Basti

News 18  

In a tragic incident, a man and his wife allegedly committed suicide, hours after the woman was gang-raped in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Basti district, police said. Basti Superintendent of Police, Gopal Krishana, said that the husband died on Friday night while his wife died at a hospital in Gorakhpur the following day. The couple’s relatives have alleged that …

While Ascertaining Acts Of Mental Cruelty, Courts Must Look At Married Life As A Whole And Not Few Isolated Incidents: Delhi High Court
1 year, 6 months ago

While Ascertaining Acts Of Mental Cruelty, Courts Must Look At Married Life As A Whole And Not Few Isolated Incidents: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has observed that while looking at acts of 'mental cruelty', the courts must look at the married life of a couple as a whole and not merely a few isolated incidents.A division bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna also observed that mere filing of an FIR by wife is not sufficient …

Help dies by suicide at employer’s flat in Delhi; family says not paid for 1 yr
1 year, 6 months ago

Help dies by suicide at employer’s flat in Delhi; family says not paid for 1 yr

Hindustan Times  

Police have lodged a case of abetment to suicide after a domestic help was found hanging at her employer’s house in Mayur Vihar Phase 3 in east Delhi, officers said on Monday. Police have not recovered a suicide note from the spot The cause of the alleged suicide that took place on Saturday is said to be non-payment of salary …

MP: Man dies by suicide after threat from person accused of abetting daughter’s suicide
1 year, 8 months ago

MP: Man dies by suicide after threat from person accused of abetting daughter’s suicide

Hindustan Times  

A man allegedly died by suicide in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha after he was threatened by another man, who is the prime accused in sexual harassment and abetment of suicide of the former’s daughter, police said on Saturday. The man’s daughter, 18, had died by suicide one-and-half month ago over after accusing six men of sexual harassment, leading to a case …

Woman attempts suicide at Kakinada collectorate
2 years ago

Woman attempts suicide at Kakinada collectorate

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: Kakinada three-town police on Monday foiled a suicide attempt by a woman named M. Durga Devi at the collectorate complex here on Monday. The woman, identified as Durga Devi from Rajamahendravaram, who came to register her grievance about land grabbing at the Spandana programme, climbed onto the terrace of the building and threatened to jump from there. Durga Devi …

Woman Hangs Herself Due to Harassment; Husband, Father-in-law Held in Thane
2 years, 3 months ago

Woman Hangs Herself Due to Harassment; Husband, Father-in-law Held in Thane

News 18  

Police have arrested the husband and the father-in-law of a 24-year-old housewife from Kalyan in Thane district of Maharashtra for abetting her suicide, an official said on Monday. A case was registered against the husband of the woman and her in-laws under section 306 of the Indian Penal Code after she hanged herself at her house in Kalyan on Sunday, …

Abetment To Suicide - Acts Of Accused Must Be Proximate To Occurrence For Conviction Under Section 306 IPC : Supreme Court
2 years, 5 months ago

Abetment To Suicide - Acts Of Accused Must Be Proximate To Occurrence For Conviction Under Section 306 IPC : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court reiterated that positive action proximate to the time of suicide on the part of the accused which led or compelled the deceased to commit suicide should be established for conviction under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code.In cases of alleged abetment of suicide, there must be proof of direct or indirect acts of incitement to the …

Indian Woman Dies By Suicide In New York After 'Torture' By In-Laws For Son, Dowry
2 years, 7 months ago

Indian Woman Dies By Suicide In New York After 'Torture' By In-Laws For Son, Dowry

ABP News  

New Delhi: A woman belonging from Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor died by suicide in New York after her husband and in-laws tortured her for dowry and hot giving birth to a son, reported news agency ANI. Mandeep Kaur, was married in 2015 soon after which her in-laws moved to New York and her husband stated torturing her, the news agency quoted …

'Cruelty' & 'Abetment To Suicide' Independent Offences; Accused Being Guilty Of Former Doesn't Imply He's Automatically Guilty Of Latter: Kerala High Court
2 years, 7 months ago

'Cruelty' & 'Abetment To Suicide' Independent Offences; Accused Being Guilty Of Former Doesn't Imply He's Automatically Guilty Of Latter: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday held that merely because an accused is found guilty under Section 498A of the IPC, does not imply that he must also be held guilty of abetting his wife's suicide under Section 306 IPC. The Court was adjudicating upon an appeal moved by the husband and mother-in-law of a deceased woman, challenging their conviction …

Forced to abort 14 times by live-in partner, Delhi woman dies by suicide
2 years, 8 months ago

Forced to abort 14 times by live-in partner, Delhi woman dies by suicide

India Today  

A 33-year-old woman killed herself after being allegedly forced to undergo abortions nearly 14 times by her live-in partner in Delhi. The police claimed that the victim died by suicide in the Jaitpur area of Southeast Delhi on July 5. The police found a suicide note from the house which revealed that she was in a relationship with a man …

Wife Living Separately Commits Suicide In Parental House: Karnataka High Refuses To Quash Dowry Death Case Against Husband Citing Disputed Facts
2 years, 8 months ago

Wife Living Separately Commits Suicide In Parental House: Karnataka High Refuses To Quash Dowry Death Case Against Husband Citing Disputed Facts

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a husband seeking to quash a case of dowry death registered against him under Sections 304B and 498A of IPC, after his wife, living separately since over two years, committed suicide in her parental house. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna while dismissing the petition filed by one …

Woman Commits Suicide After 17 Yrs Of Marriage: Telangana High Court Says No Presumption Of Abetment Against Husband
2 years, 8 months ago

Woman Commits Suicide After 17 Yrs Of Marriage: Telangana High Court Says No Presumption Of Abetment Against Husband

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court recently refused to apply presumption of abetment against a man whose wife committed suicide after 17 years of marriage. Justice K. Surender observed: "When there are no specific allegations in the background of the 1st respondent/A1 taking care of the deceased in all respects as admitted by P.Ws.1 to 3, it cannot be said that only …

Annoying Someone By Words, Deeds Or Conduct Which May Provoke Him/Her To Commit Suicide Is Abetment: Allahabad High Court
2 years, 11 months ago

Annoying Someone By Words, Deeds Or Conduct Which May Provoke Him/Her To Commit Suicide Is Abetment: Allahabad High Court

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has observed that if someone keeps on irritating or annoying the deceased by words, deeds, or conduct, which may provoke or encourage the deceased to commit suicide, it would amount to abetment.The Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh observed thus while rejecting the bail application filed by one Muraj who has been booked under Section 306 …

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