Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 1092 · Decided 2 December 2016
Gurcharan Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 1092 · [2016] 8 S.C.R. 741
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1135/2016
- Decided
- 2 December 2016
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, AMITAVA ROY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 306134, 306, 498A; Evidence Act Section 113A
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss.306134 - Abetment to suicide - Suicide A B c by consuming pesticide by mother and two daughters - Suicide note attributing harassment to the appellant and other in-laws family members - Prosecution case was that the deceased-mother was deprived of share in the in-laws property by them after disappearance of her husband - Trial court held the appellant and one of the co-accused guilty - High Court affirmed the same - On appeal, Held: The basic ingredients of s.306 are suicidal death and the abetment thereof - To constitute abetment, the intention and involvement of
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