Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 477 · Decided 14 September 2021
Velladurai v. State Represented BY the Inspector of Police
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 477 · [2021] 6 S.C.R. 187
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 953/2021
- Decided
- 14 September 2021
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, ANIRUDDHA BOSE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 306, 4(b); Evidence Act
Headnote
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 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 tried to
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