Abetment of Suicide -- Pouring Kerosene and Suggesting Wife to Die -- Amounts to active instigation under Section 306 IPC if thereafter she herself ignites fire
(i) Indian Penal Code, 1860, S.306, S.107 Explanation 2 -- Abetment of Suicide -- Pouring Kerosene and Suggesting Wife to Die -- Act of pouring kerosene on the wife and suggesting that she die constitutes active instigation and provocation -- Though the deceased herself ignites the fire in anger, responsibility can be fixed on the accused where he placed her in a situation leading her to take the extreme step -- Mens rea stands established where intention is explicit from the act itself.
LOGIN TO READCaseLawToday.com is powered by M/s Law Herald Infotech
