Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 149 · Decided 22 February 2024
Naresh Kumar v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 149 · [2024] 2 S.C.R. 830
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1722/2010
- Decided
- 22 February 2024
- Bench
- J.B. PARDIWALA, MANOJ MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 306; Evidence Act Section 113A, 113
Headnote
Conviction of the appellant for the offence punishable u/s.306, Penal Code, 1860, if justified. Penal Code, 1860 - s.306 - Abetment of suicide - Evidence Act, 1872 - s.113A - Presumption as to abetment of suicide by a married woman appellant u/s.306, IPC - Correctness: Held: In order to convict a person u/s.306, IPC there has to be a clear mens rea to commit the offence - Mere harassment is not sufficient to hold an accused guilty of abetting the commission of suicide - It also requires an active act or
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