Bombay High Court has held Kishor Dattatraya Shinde vs. State of Maharashtra, held that mere harassment alone, would not amount to abetting a person to commit suicide. Division bench comprising of Justice Ranjit More and Justice V. L. Achliya, there has to be a direct or clear intention or means rea to commit the offence to attract the provisions of section 306 of the Indian Penal Code. The petitioner in this application was a senior official of the deceased. He was accused of the offence under Section 306 of the IPC. The allegations made in the FIR was that the senior officers of deceased were harassing him and he was not given leave and because of that he committed suicide. In the suicide note, deceased has stated that the petitioner and two others made him suffer hardships.
Article referred: http://www.livelaw.in/mere-harassment-alone-would-not-amount-to-abetment-to-commit-suicide-bombay-hc/
Article referred: http://www.livelaw.in/mere-harassment-alone-would-not-amount-to-abetment-to-commit-suicide-bombay-hc/
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