Accused’s Intention, Role To Aid/Instigate Commission Of Suicide Must Be Proved For Conviction: SC [Read Judgment]

Section 306 IPC criminalises the sustained incitement for suicide, the bench heldDislodging concurrent finding of the guilt of in-laws accused of abetting a woman’s suicide, the Supreme Court in Gurcharan Singh vs. State of Punjab, has observed that intention and involvement of the accused to aid or instigate the commission of suicide is imperative to constitute abetment.An apex court...