Abetment of Suicide -- Refusal to Marry After Breakup -- Not instigation or abetment under Section 306 IPC
(i) Indian Penal Code, 1860, S.306 -- Abetment of Suicide -- Refusal to Marry After Breakup -- Refusal to marry following breakdown of a relationship does not by itself amount to instigation or abetment -- Intention to drive the deceased to suicide, or knowledge that refusal would result in suicide, must be shown -- Reaction to a failed relationship ending in suicide cannot always be termed abetment. (ii) Indian Penal Code, 1860, S.306 -- Abetment of Suicide -- Threshold for Instigation -- Instigation requires an active act or omission on the part of the accused directed at driving the deceased to suicide -- Mere presence of circumstances preceding the suicide, without such act, is insufficient to sustain prosecution.
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