Suicide Note Archives

‘Suicide note written weeks before suicide’: Kerala HC says bickering and quarrels not instigation while quashing abetment to suicide case against wife

“The essence of the offence of abetment of suicide is not what the deceased felt but what the accused intended.”

POCSO| Rajasthan High Court refuses bail to a man accused of rape despite of non-recovery of substantial evidence

“The petitioner argued that both the girls committed suicide by jumping into the canal after writing suicide note. As per report of handwriting expert also, the disputed writing show similarities with the standard writing.”

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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.

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Bombay High Court| Mere repeated monetary demands by a daughter does not establish her intention to instigate the father to commit suicide

Bombay High Court: In a case filed by Lata (‘petitioner’) daughter of the deceased who committed suicide and left a

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Madras High Court | Teachers directing their students to study well is part and parcel of teaching and would not amount to abetment to suicide

Madras High Court: In a case related to allegation of murder and rape of a 12th standard school-girl, G.K.Ilanthiraiyan, J.

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Karnataka High Court calls person committing suicide a ‘weakling’! Don’t diminish the gravity of mental health issues, says SC

“How an individual copes up with a threat- both physical and emotional, expressing (or refraining to express) love, loss, sorrow and happiness, varies greatly in view of the multi-faceted nature of the human mind and emotions.”

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Reprimand for indiscipline does not amount to abetment of suicide of a “hypersensitive” student: SC

‘Spare the rod and spoil the child’ an old saying may have lost its relevance in present days and Corporal punishment to the child is not recognised by law but that does not mean that a teacher or school authorities have to shut their eyes to any indiscipline act of a student.

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Issuing a legal notice and filing a complaint case against someone, would that amount to abetment of suicide? Del HC deciphers [Detailed Analysis]

Delhi High Court: Manoj Kumar Ohri, J. expressed that, Abetment involves a mental process of instigating a person or intentionally aiding a

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Guj HC | Bail granted to doctor alleged to be shielding main accused in suicide case by issuing death certificate without post mortem

Gujarat High Court: A.S. Supehia, J., addressed a bail application revolving around a matter concerning a 20-page suicide note. Instant application was

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After a suicide note made it to newspapers in a dowry death case, Supreme Court says ‘Selective leaks to media neither fair to accused nor to victims’

“To expect that the family of the deceased should be scouring the pages of the print and electronic media before reporting the crime is a mockery of the human condition.”

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[Abetment to Suicide] Del HC | Deceased appeared to be of weak character, not in a position to face ups and downs of life and committed suicide, no case of abetment

Delhi High Court: Rajnish Bhatnagar, J., while addressing petition in regard to matrimonial discord resulting into husband committing suicide held that, “…deceased/husband appears

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Bom HC | Conviction of father implicated in suicide note of his son reversed; Drinking, by itself, can never be an abetment for a person to commit suicide

Bombay High Court: V.M. Deshpande, J. allowed an appeal against the judgment of the trial court whereby the appellant was convicted under Section

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Del HC | Anticipatory bail denied to teacher of Class VII student who committed suicide and left suicide note implicating her

Delhi High Court: Brijesh Sethi, J. rejected a bail application filed under Section 348 read with Section 482 CrPC, in a very

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Del HC | Suicide note being in handwriting of deceased does not rule out possibility of murder, ‘ante-mortem hanging’ not an abstract aspect

Delhi High Court: Sunil Gaur, J., dismissed a set of petitions filed by the husband and in-laws of the deceased impugning the order whereby they

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Guj HC | A silent suicide note, 27 days’ delay in registering FIR, complaint which shows no role of accused are grounds for bail

Gujarat High Court: The Bench of S.H. Vora, J., allowed an appeal made for granting of bail. The facts of the case

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Determining question of intention in case pending investigation while deciding application under Section 482 CrPC not justified: SC

Supreme Court: A Bench comprising of Uday U. Lalit and Dr D.Y. Chandrachud, JJ. allowed an appeal filed against the judgment of Bombay