‘High Court misapplied S. 319 CrPC by prioritising unproved defence documents over sworn testimony’; Supreme Court restores summoning order in abetment to suicide case
“If the allegations are true, telling a physically challenged man that he and his family should die, and doing so in the immediate aftermath of a grievous acid attack, is not banter. Sensitivity to the social context, where honour and shame weigh heavily, was called for. The offence, no doubt, will have to be established at the trial.”