Supreme Court of India
Velladurai v. State Represented by the Inspector of Police
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In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, the present appeal succeeds.
Judgment, page 7
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Penal Code, 1860 – s.306 r/w s.4(b) of Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act – Abetment to suicide – Mere harassment without any positive action on part of the accused proximate to the time of occurrence which led to the suicide would not amount to offence u/s.306 IPC – On facts, wife of appellant consumed pesticide and died – Appellant had quarrel with his wife on the incident date – But no material on record that appellant played an active role by an act of instigating or by doing a certain act to facilitate the commission of suicide – On the contrary, even appellant also had…
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