Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 171 · Decided 26 April 1994
P. RATHINAM/NABHUSAN Patnaik v. Union of India and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 171 · [1994] 3 S.C.R. 673
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 409/1986
- Decided
- 26 April 1994
- Bench
- R.M. SAHAI, B.L. HANSARIA (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 309; Constitution Article 14, 21
Headnote
Indian Penal Code, 1860'-Section 30<)-{)ffence of attempted suicide-Constitutional validity of-Held, Section 309 violates ArtiC/e 21 of A B the Constitution of India-ft is unconstitutional and hence void-Act of com­ mitting suicide-Cannot be said to be against regional, morality or public C attempts to commit suicide by same measure-Not violative of Art 14.-Section 3~Suicide and Euthanasia-Relationship between--Distinc­ tion.-Section 306 and 301)-,Aiding suicide-Self killing is different from abet- ting others to kill themselves. D Constitution of India-Altic/es 14 &
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