Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 1020 · Decided 19 December 2024
Prakash and Others v. The State of Maharashtra and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 1020 · [2024] 12 S.C.R. 1160
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 5543/2024
- Decided
- 19 December 2024
- Bench
- BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, K.V. VISWANATHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 306, 107; CrPC Section 227; Domestic Violence Act
Headnote
Issue arose whether the courts below were justified in accepting the prosecution case that the act of suicide by the victim was a direct result of the words uttered by the appellants at the mahalokadalat when there was a clear gap of over a month between the incident and the commission of suicide. Penal Code - ss.306, 107 - Abetment of suicide - Disputes between the victim, and her husband-appellant no.1 and in-laws - Victim tortured mentally and physically over demand of money at her matrimonial house -
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