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S. 306 IPC | SC acquits family of four accused of abetting man’s suicide by blackmailing him and trapping in love affair

“Even if the suicide note is taken as correct and genuine, there was no act of incitement on the part of the accused persons proximate to the date on which the deceased committed suicide.”

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Section 306 IPC | Hyperboles employed in exchanges should not be glorified as an instigation to commit suicide: Supreme Court

Taking strict note of casual resorting of S. 306 IPC, the Court said that conduct of the proposed accused and the deceased, their interactions and conversations preceding the unfortunate death of the deceased should be approached from a practical point of view and not divorced from day-to-day realities of life.

Case Briefs High Courts

Merely because a person has been named in a suicide note, one can’t jump to conclusion that such person is the offender under S. 306, IPC: Karnataka HC

The Court stated that examination of contents of the suicide note and other attending circumstances if necessary to ascertain whether such person has committed the offence of abetment to suicide or not.

Case Briefs High Courts

Whether insisting the deceased to repay the loan borrowed and telling him to die amounts to abetment to suicide? Karnataka HC answers

In the case of suicide, mere allegation of harassment of the deceased by another person would not suffice unless there be such an action on the part of the accused which compels the person to commit suicide.