Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306 -- Abetment of suicide - Accused outraged the modesty of prosecutrix on a public road - Prosecutrix committed suicide due to humiliation, insult and mental pain caused by act of accused - Intention of accused was only to outrage the modesty of a prosecutrix, and he could not have thought of any consequence that she would commit suicide..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 498A, 34 -- Abetment of suicide - Within three months of marriage - Torture and harassment - No specific instances of any torture by accused to deceased - No complaint ever lodged with police or with Panchayat - Allegations levelled general in nature - No categoric evidence to prove that accused persons abetted deceased to commit..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306 -- Abetment of suicide - Allegation against husband of deceased - If deceased committed suicide as she was not happy in her matrimonial home, for some reasons, that alone is not sufficient to hold accused guilty of offence u/s 306 IPC...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 498A -- Abetment of suicide - Cruelty - Allegation against husband of deceased - General and omnibus allegations against accused regarding cruelty - No complaint whatsoever was made by deceased or any of her relatives regarding harassment or ill-treatment by accused - Though some of PWs have stated that ill treatment was meted out to..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 498A -- Abetment of suicide - Cruelty - Allegation against sister-i, law - Accused was living separately along with her husband from deceased - Though PWs stated that accused used to visit the house of deceased and take part in harassing deceased but merely such general allegations she cannot be said to have committed the offence..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306 -- Abetment of suicide - Circumstantial evidence - No eye witness to the occurrence - No positive act on part of accused to instigate or aid the deceased in committing suicide - Factum of extra-marital affair does not stand proved - Even if same is assumed, such conduct, in itself would not take the case of prosecution anywhere near the..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 34, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 113A -- Abetment of suicide - Presumption - Deceased committed suicide after a period of more than 11 years of marriage - Presumption u/s 113-A of Evidence Act not available to prosecution - Prosecution has to prove its case by leading cogent evidence...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306 -- Abetment of suicide - It is not what deceased `felt' but what accused `intended' by his act which is more important in reference of S.306 IPC...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306 -- Abetment of suicide - Suicide - Meaning - `Sui' means `self' and `cide' means `killing', thus conjointly it means self killing - Where a person commits suicide, it is committed by himself, irrespective of means employed by him...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306 -- Abetment of suicide - Ingredients for abetment for suicide would be satisfied only if suicide is committed by deceased due to direct and alarming encouragement/incitement by accused leaving no option but to commit suicide - There should be a nexus between acts of accused which pushed the deceased to commit suicide then only it would..........
