Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 34 -- Abetment of suicide - Death by poisoning - Merely bald statements made by father of deceased which do not indicate any wrong doing on the part of accused - In the absence of any proximity between the alleged act of accused and suicide of deceased, ingredients of S.306 IPC are completely missing - Acquittal upheld...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 438, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 506 -- Anticipatory bail - Abetment of suicide - Earlier protection from arrest was granted till submission of police report - Now charge sheet has been filed - Nothing to suggest that accused has not cooperated in the investigation - Anticipatory bail application allowed...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306 -- Abetment of suicide - Act of instigating the deceased to commit suicide must be in close proximity to the act of committing suicide...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306 -- Abetment of suicide - Incident alleged happened more than two weeks before the date of suicide - There is no allegation that any act was done in the close proximity to the date of incident - By no stretch of imagination, alleged acts can amount to instigation to commit suicide...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 498A, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 32 -- Abetment of suicide - Cruelty - Dying declaration - Deceased stated that conduct of mother-in-law prompted her to take extreme step - Sister of deceased was present when mother-in-law quarreled with deceased, but such material witness was withheld by prosecution - Dying declaration itself does..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 306, 34 -- Offence u/ss 498-A, 306, 34 IPC - Reduction of sentence - Accused are now aged about 66 and 61 years respectively - They have already spent one year, one month and 27 days in prison - Accused do not have any past history of criminal record - Sentence reduced to period already undergone by them with fine of Rs.5,000 each and..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306 -- Abetment of suicide - Demand of loan amount - No coercive methods adopted to recover loan amount - Demand made cannot be treated as abetment as any person who has given loan would certainly like to get it back - Proceedings quashed...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 107 -- Abetment of suicide - Merely by initiating legal proceedings against deceased, it cannot be held that accused had abetted the commission of suicide as defined u/s 107 IPC and punishable u/s 306 IPC...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 420, 120B, 34 -- Abetment of suicide - FIR and suicide note do not disclose any specific act or conduct on the part of accused or his brother which would amount to harassment or instigation committed with necessary mens rea other than the initiation of proceedings under Negotiable Instruments Act - It cannot be held that accused had..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306 -- Abetment of suicide - There should be proximity between the act of suicide with the acts and conduct or treatment meted out by accused to the victim or acts which would amount to intentionally aiding or instigating or abetting the deceased to take his/her life...........
