Husband acquitted from charge of abetting wife’s suicide on absence of instigation or provocation
Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Md. Mumtaz Khan and Jay Sengupta, JJ. partly allowed the appeal of the appellant-husband
abetment
Seeking financial help from wife does not by itself amount to cruelty
Bombay High Court: A criminal appeal preferred by the appellant against the order of his conviction and sentence passed by the trial
‘Live link’ between the act of appellant and the act of deceased is necessary for conviction under Section 306 IPC
Chhattisgarh High Court: The appellant was acquitted of the charges under Section 306 IPC by a Single Judge Bench comprising of Ram
In order to convict a person for abetment of suicide, there has to be a clear mens rea to commit an offence
Supreme Court: Dealing with the scope of Section 306 IPC, the Court said that in order to convict a person under Section
Split decision over conviction of accused for abetment when the charges of conspiracy under Section 120B IPC have failed
Supreme Court: The Bench of V. Gopala Gowda and Arun Mishra, JJ gave a split decision on the question as to whether
Presumption of abetment of suicide in dowry death cases where cruelty has been established, can be revoked only in rare cases
Supreme Court: Hearing the appeal by the husband and the in-laws of the victim of dowry death against the order of the