Section 306 IPC [Abetment Of Suicide] Not Attracted Merely Because The Deceased Was Called A 'Call Girl': SC [Read Judgment]
5 years, 5 months ago

Section 306 IPC [Abetment Of Suicide] Not Attracted Merely Because The Deceased Was Called A 'Call Girl': SC [Read Judgment]

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The Supreme Court upheld a High Court order discharging accused who were accused of abetting suicide of a girl. The High Court allowed the petition filed by the accused recording a finding that terming the deceased as a call-girl, there was no utterance which can be interpreted to be an act of instigating, goading or solicitation or insinuation, the deceased to commit suicide. The judgment in Swamy Prahaladdas vs. State of M.P was referred to by the high court, wherein it was observed that similar utterances like, "to go and die" does not constitute an offence for abetment. On appeal, the Apex Court agreed with this view of the High Court and observed that, in this case, there was no goading or solicitation or insinuation by any of the respondents to the victim to commit suicide.

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Threat Of False Criminal Case Does Not Gain Status Of Abetment To Suicide Without 'Positive Act' Pushing Victim To The Edge: Calcutta HC
1 month, 1 week ago

Threat Of False Criminal Case Does Not Gain Status Of Abetment To Suicide Without 'Positive Act' Pushing Victim To The Edge: Calcutta HC

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The Calcutta High Court has held that a mere threat of implicating someone in a false criminal case, without any positive act that pushes the victim over the edge, would not be sufficient to attract the offence of abetment to suicide under Section 306 of the IPC.Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee held: "There is no material against the petitioners of such …

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 …

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 …

DC Edit | Suicide abetment: Caution by SC
2 months, 1 week ago

DC Edit | Suicide abetment: Caution by SC

Deccan Chronicle  

The Supreme Court’s direction to investigating agencies not to subject people to “the abuse of the process of a totally untenable prosecution” and to the trial courts to “exercise great caution and circumspection” and “not adopt a 'play it safe' policy by mechanically framing charges” in the case of alleged abetment to suicide has come as an important course correction …

Courts must not use ‘abetment of suicide’ charge just to assuage distraught family of deceased: SC
2 months, 1 week ago

Courts must not use ‘abetment of suicide’ charge just to assuage distraught family of deceased: SC

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday held that the police must not deploy the criminal provision of ‘abetment of suicide’ casually or to assuage the immediate feelings of the distraught family members of the deceased. Viswanathan and A.S. Oka said Section 306 of the erstwhile Indian Penal Code or corresponding Section 108 read with Section 45 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, …

'Abetment Of Suicide' Offence Can't Be Invoked Only To Assuage Feelings Of Family; High Time To Sensitise Police : Supreme Court
2 months, 1 week ago

'Abetment Of Suicide' Offence Can't Be Invoked Only To Assuage Feelings Of Family; High Time To Sensitise Police : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday reminded investigating agencies and trial courts not to mechanically invoke the offence of abetment of suicide. "Section 306 IPC appears to be casually and too readily resorted to by the police," the Court said.The Court stated that the provision reminded investigating agencies and trial courts not to mechanically invoke the offence of abetment of suicide. …

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

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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. …

Important to establish instigation in abetment to suicide cases: Supreme Court
3 months, 1 week ago

Important to establish instigation in abetment to suicide cases: Supreme Court

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Friday said it was important to establish proof of direct or indirect acts of instigation by the accused to attract the abetment of suicide offence. "To attract the offence of abetment to suicide, it is important to establish proof of direct or indirect acts of instigation or incitement of suicide by the accused, which must be …

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

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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

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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 …

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 …

S. 306 IPC | Simple Refusal To Marry Not Abetment To Suicide : Supreme Court
3 months, 3 weeks ago

S. 306 IPC | Simple Refusal To Marry Not Abetment To Suicide : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today set aside the conviction of a man who was charged with the offence of abetment to suicide because his lover committed suicide upon his refusal to marry her. The bench comprising Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan observed that simple refusal to marry someone would not amount to instigation to commit suicide. “Even assuming, though …

[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 …

Abused Partner With Criminal Intention, Said That Even If She Committed Suicide He Will Face Court: Karnataka HC Declines Relief To Man Booked U/S 306 IPC
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Abused Partner With Criminal Intention, Said That Even If She Committed Suicide He Will Face Court: Karnataka HC Declines Relief To Man Booked U/S 306 IPC

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by an accused who sought to quash the prosecution initiated against him after a woman with whom he was in a relationship, committed suicide by hanging herself after he refused to marry her. It said “Once a statement were given in respect of the love affairs, death note and CDR prior …

If a person dies by suicide due to ‘love failure’, the partner cannot be held accountable for abetting it, says High Court
11 months, 1 week ago

If a person dies by suicide due to ‘love failure’, the partner cannot be held accountable for abetting it, says High Court

The Hindu  

April 18, 2024 05:05 am | Updated 05:05 am IST - NEW DELHI The Delhi High Court has observed that a person cannot be held accountable for abetting the suicide of a partner who ends life due to “love failure”. “For the wrong decision taken by a man of weak or frail mentality, another person cannot be blamed as having …

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 …

Heartbreaks Part Of Everyday Life; Breaking Up & Advising Partner To Marry Someone Else Won't Amount To Abetment To Suicide: Supreme Court
1 year, 1 month ago

Heartbreaks Part Of Everyday Life; Breaking Up & Advising Partner To Marry Someone Else Won't Amount To Abetment To Suicide: Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court observed that merely advising a partner to marry as per the advice of parents would not attract the penal provisions of abetment to suicide under Section 306 of the Indian Penal.In this case, the girl died by suicide after her boyfriend advised her to marry as per her parent's choice. The Supreme Court observed that merely advising …

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 …

Calcutta HC Denies Relief To Man Accused Of Abetting Minor Girl’s Suicide, Says Quashing Such Case Would Cause Miscarriage Of Justice
1 year, 6 months ago

Calcutta HC Denies Relief To Man Accused Of Abetting Minor Girl’s Suicide, Says Quashing Such Case Would Cause Miscarriage Of Justice

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has refused to quash criminal proceedings initiated against a man accused of abetting the suicide of a minor girl whom he was “in love” with, by allegedly inflicting physical and mental torture upon her, as well as demanding money from her. The present case has to thus proceed towards trial to be decided in accordance with …

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’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

Live Law  

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 …

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 …

Section 306 IPC - Abetment Of Suicide A Heinous Offence ; Cannot Be Quashed On The Basis Of Compromise : Supreme Court
2 years, 7 months ago

Section 306 IPC - Abetment Of Suicide A Heinous Offence ; Cannot Be Quashed On The Basis Of Compromise : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court observed that an FIR under Section 306 IPC cannot be quashed under Section 482 CrPC on the basis of settlement.The bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee and V. Ramasubramanian observed that 'abetment of suicide' also falls in the category of heinous and serious offences and are to be treated as crime against society and not against the. The …

'No Positive Act': Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Case Against Girl Accused Of Abetting Suicide Of A Man By Refusing Marriage
3 years, 6 months ago

'No Positive Act': Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Case Against Girl Accused Of Abetting Suicide Of A Man By Refusing Marriage

Live Law  

The Supreme Court quashed criminal proceedings against a girl accused of abetting suicide of a man by allegedly refusing to marry him.The bench of Justices R. Subhash Reddy and Hrishikesh Roy reiterated that Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code will not be attracted if there was no positive act on the part of the accused to instigate or aid …

Mere Quarrel On The Day Of Occurrence Does Not Attract Offence Of Abetment Of Suicide U/s 306 IPC: Supreme Court
3 years, 6 months ago

Mere Quarrel On The Day Of Occurrence Does Not Attract Offence Of Abetment Of Suicide U/s 306 IPC: Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court observed that mere quarrel on the day of occurrence cannot attract the offence of abetment of suicide under section 306 of the Indian Penal Code.The bench of Justices MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose reiterated that mere harassment without any positive action on the part of the accused proximate to the time of occurrence which led to the …

Suicide victim naming a person must be probed with all seriousness: HC
3 years, 7 months ago

Suicide victim naming a person must be probed with all seriousness: HC

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab and Haryana high court has said that a person levelling allegations of abetment against other persons before committing suicide ought to be probed with all seriousness. The court was hearing a petition of a Rewari woman who along with her husband was named by a person in his suicide note. If a person committing suicide holds someone else …

Accused Cannot Be Discharged U/s 306 IPC While Confirming Charge U/s 304B IPC: Supreme court
3 years, 8 months ago

Accused Cannot Be Discharged U/s 306 IPC While Confirming Charge U/s 304B IPC: Supreme court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court observed that an accused cannot be discharged for an offence under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code while confirming the charge under Section 304B IPC.In this case, within a period of about 15 months of marriage, a married woman committed suicide, leaving behind two suicide notes. The Supreme Court observed that an accused cannot be discharged …

[Attempt To Suicide] Constitutional Validity Of Section 309 IPC And Flip Flops By Supreme Court & Law Commission
4 years, 6 months ago

[Attempt To Suicide] Constitutional Validity Of Section 309 IPC And Flip Flops By Supreme Court & Law Commission

Live Law  

World Suicide Prevention Day was observed on 10th September to raise awareness against suicide. Section 115 of the Mental Healthcare Act enacted in the year 2017 provides that 'notwithstanding anything contained in section 309 of the Indian Penal Code any person who attempts to commit suicide shall be presumed, unless proved otherwise, to have severe stress and shall not be …

Offence Of Abetment To Suicide (Sec 306 IPC) May Attract When Accused Played Active Role In Tarnishing Self Respect Of Deceased Victim: SC [Read Judgment]
5 years, 8 months ago

Offence Of Abetment To Suicide (Sec 306 IPC) May Attract When Accused Played Active Role In Tarnishing Self Respect Of Deceased Victim: SC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has observed that if the accused is found to have played in an active role in tarnishing the self-esteem and self-respect of the victim, which eventually draws the victim to commit suicide, he can be held guilty of abetment of suicide.The bench comprising Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre and Justice Dinesh Maheshwari observed thus while affirming the conviction …

Sec 498A & 306 IPC: Incidents Which Happened Much Before Wife's Death Can't Be Treated As Conduct Which Drove Her To Suicide: SC [Read Judgment]
5 years, 10 months ago

Sec 498A & 306 IPC: Incidents Which Happened Much Before Wife's Death Can't Be Treated As Conduct Which Drove Her To Suicide: SC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has observed that the incidents which had taken place between husband and wife much before latter's death by suicide could not be treated as the conduct which drove her to commit suicide. The bench comprising Justice NV Ramana and Justice S. Abdul Nazeer observed that the incidents narrated by the relatives had taken place much before the …

Secret Phone Sex With Husband’s Friend Cannot Be Ground For Abetment To Suicide Charge: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]
6 years, 3 months ago

Secret Phone Sex With Husband’s Friend Cannot Be Ground For Abetment To Suicide Charge: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court, on Friday, discharged a woman from a case registered against her for abetment of her husband’s suicide by indulging in phone sex with his friend.Justice Mridula Bhatkar emphasised on the fact that such an act would constitute mens rea under Section 107 of the Indian Penal Code only when it was done with a planned intention …

Section 482 CrPC: HC Can’t Examine Mens Rea Aspect Before Completion Of Investigation: SC [Read Judgment]
6 years, 3 months ago

Section 482 CrPC: HC Can’t Examine Mens Rea Aspect Before Completion Of Investigation: SC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

“At this juncture when the investigation was yet to be completed and charge-sheet, if any, was yet to be filed, the High Court ought not to have gone into the aspect whether there was requisite mental element or intention on part of the respondent.”The Supreme Court has observed that before an investigation is complete, a high court, in a petition …

Section 482 CrPC: HC Can’t Examine Mens Rea Aspect Before Completion Of Investigation: SC [Read Judgment]
6 years, 3 months ago

Section 482 CrPC: HC Can’t Examine Mens Rea Aspect Before Completion Of Investigation: SC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

“At this juncture when the investigation was yet to be completed and charge-sheet, if any, was yet to be filed, the High Court ought not to have gone into the aspect whether there was requisite mental element or intention on part of the respondent.”The Supreme Court has observed that before an investigation is complete, a high court, in a petition …

Necessary To Prove Suicide Committed As A Result Of Cruelty Under 498A, In Order To Invoke Abetment Of Suicide: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]
7 years, 10 months ago

Necessary To Prove Suicide Committed As A Result Of Cruelty Under 498A, In Order To Invoke Abetment Of Suicide: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Bombay High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by the State of Maharashtra against a trial court order acquitting the accused in an abetment of suicide case.Justice PN Deshmukh upheld the order by the Additional Sessions Judge of the trial court in a judgement dated May 11, 2017.Case BackgroundAn FIR was filed against a couple for abetting the suicide of …

Necessary To Prove Suicide Committed As A Result Of Cruelty Under 498A, In Order To Invoke Abetment Of Suicide: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]
7 years, 10 months ago

Necessary To Prove Suicide Committed As A Result Of Cruelty Under 498A, In Order To Invoke Abetment Of Suicide: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Bombay High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by the State of Maharashtra against a trial court order acquitting the accused in an abetment of suicide case.Justice PN Deshmukh upheld the order by the Additional Sessions Judge of the trial court in a judgement dated May 11, 2017.Case BackgroundAn FIR was filed against a couple for abetting the suicide of …

Accused’s Intention, Role To Aid/Instigate Commission Of Suicide Must Be Proved For Conviction: SC [Read Judgment]
8 years, 3 months ago

Accused’s Intention, Role To Aid/Instigate Commission Of Suicide Must Be Proved For Conviction: SC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Section 306 IPC criminalises the sustained incitement for suicide, the bench heldDislodging concurrent finding of the guilt of in-laws accused of abetting a woman’s suicide, the Supreme Court in Gurcharan Singh vs. State of Punjab, has observed that intention and involvement of the accused to aid or instigate the commission of suicide is imperative to constitute abetment.An apex court. Section …

SC quashes criminal proceedings against Girl who was booked for attempting Suicide [Read Order]
8 years, 7 months ago

SC quashes criminal proceedings against Girl who was booked for attempting Suicide [Read Order]

Live Law  

No purpose will be served in prosecuting the appellant, the Bench said.Although the Law Commission of India has suggested repeal of Section 309 of Indian Penal Code, which criminalizes attempt to commit Suicide, it is still remaining in the Statute Book. Although the Law Commission of India has suggested repeal of Section 309 of Indian Penal Code, which criminalizes attempt …

Suicide doesn't always indicate prior harassment: Bombay HC
15 years, 3 months ago

Suicide doesn't always indicate prior harassment: Bombay HC

The Hindu  

A suicide is not necessarily a proof of harassment of the person by those around him/her, the Bombay High Court recently held, absolving a husband of the charge of subjecting wife to cruelty. Chavan of the Nagpur bench of the High Court also held that a mere marital discord does not amount to criminal harassment under section 498 A of …

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