Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | suicide convicted presumption u/s.113A Evidence Act sentenced 306 r/w 34 ss.498A ipc |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Act(s) Referred | Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) |
Case(s) Referred | Referred Case 0 Referred Case 1 |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Allowed |
Headnote | Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 498A, 306 r/w 34 – Appellants-accused were convicted u/ss. 498A, 306 r/w 34 and sentenced – Held: Deceased was subjected to harassment at the instance of appellants – Prosecution has successfully brought home the charges levelled against them for the offence u/s. 498A r/w s.34 – However, it failed to adduce any clinching evidence to conclude that the appellants abetted the deceased to commit suicide – Mere fact of commission of suicide by itself would not be sufficient for the court to raise the presumption u/s. 113A, Evidence Act, and to hold the accused guilty of s.306 – In absence of any satisfactory evidence on record, both the Courts below committed grave error in holding the appellants guilty of the offence u/s.306 – Conviction of the appellants u/s. 498A upheld, however they are acquitted from the charges levelled u/s.306 by giving them benefit of doubt – Further, since the appellants have already undergone the imprisonment for two years for the offence u/s. 498A r/w s. 34, as directed by the courts below, to be set free forthwith – Evidence Act, 1872 – s. 113A. Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 306, 107 – Held: In order to convict a person for the offences u/s.306, the basic constituents of the offence namely where the death was suicidal and whether there was an abetment on the part of the accused as contemplated in s.107 have to be established – Further, in order to bring the case within the purview of ‘abetment’ u/s. 107, there has to be an evidence with regard to the instigation, conspiracy or intentional aid on the part of the accused – For proving the charge u/s. 306, also there has to be an evidence with regard to the positive act on the part of the accused to instigate or aid to drive a person to commit suicide. |
Judge | Hon'ble Ms. Justice Bela M. Trivedi |
Neutral Citation | 2023 INSC 722 |
Petitioner | Kashibai & Ors. |
Respondent | The State Of Karnataka |
SCR | [2023] 3 S.C.R. 175 |
Judgement Date | 2023-02-28 |
Case Number | 627 |
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