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Girdhar Shankar Tawade Vs State of Maharashtra on 24 Apr 2002 – Judgement Summary

Suprajaa Rajan — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:59:33 +0000

In Girdhar Shankar Tawade Vs State of Maharashtra, the Supreme Court examined whether a conviction under Section 498-A IPC (cruelty by husband or relatives) can be sustained when the accused has already been acquitted under Section 306 IPC (abetment of suicide). The case arose from allegations that the accused subjected his wife to cruelty, eventually […]

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Sunil Kumar Sambhudayal Gupta and Ors Vs State of Maharashtra on 11 Nov 2010 – Judgement Summary

Suprajaa Rajan — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:28:18 +0000

In Dr. Sunil Kumar Sambhudayal Gupta & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra, the Supreme Court examined whether the accused could be convicted for abetment of suicide and cruelty under Sections 306 and 498A IPC. The Supreme Court carefully re-evaluated the evidence and found that the prosecution relied heavily on contradictory and improved witness statements. Moreover, […]

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Geo Varghese Vs State of Rajasthan and Anr on 05 Oct 2021

ShadesOfKnife — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:38:01 +0000

A division bench of Apex Court held that, there is no mens rea, on part of Appellant-accused, to abet the suicide of the Class 9 student, therefore necessary ingredient for attracting 306 IPC. From Para 35, 39. Insofar as, the suicide note is concerned, despite our minute examination of the same, all we can say […]

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Gauri Devi Vs State of J&K on 13 Aug 2021

ShadesOfKnife — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 12:30:03 +0000

Citations : Other Sources : https://indiankanoon.org/doc/142250936/

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Atul Kumar Vs State of NCT Delhi and Anr on 23 Aug 2021

ShadesOfKnife — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 15:05:11 +0000

Single judge of Delhi High Court held that issuance of a legal notice and filing of a complaint case by the petitioner would NOT amount to ‘abetment’ punishable under Section 306 IPC. From Para 11, Issue framed. 11. The issue involved when narrowed down is whether issuance of a legal notice and filing of a […]

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Pinakin Mahipatray Rawal Vs State of Gujarat on 9 Sep 2013

ShadesOfKnife — Sat, 07 Nov 2020 17:15:25 +0000

Division bench of Supreme Court held that, From Para 306, 26. Section 306 refers to abetment of suicide. It says that if any person commits suicide, whoever abets the commission of such suicide, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10 years and shall also be liable to fine. The […]

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K.V Prakash Babu Vs State of Karnataka on 22 Nov 2016

ShadesOfKnife — Sat, 07 Nov 2020 16:54:42 +0000

Supreme Court held that the necessary ingredients to make out a IPC 306 offence are missing in the case. From Para 15, Mental Cruelty, 15. The concept of mental cruelty depends upon the milieu and the strata from which the persons come from and definitely has an individualistic perception regard being had to one’s endurance […]

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Bhagwan Das Vs Kartar Singh and Ors on 14 May 2007

ShadesOfKnife — Sat, 07 Nov 2020 16:47:04 +0000

Supreme Court held that, From Paras 15 and 16, 15. In our opinion the view taken by the High Court is correct. It often happens that there are disputes and discords in the matrimonial home and a wife is often harassed by the husband or her in-laws. This, however, in our opinion would not by […]

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IPC 306 – Abetment of suicide

ShadesOfKnife — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 11:35:58 +0000

If any person commits suicide, whoever abets the commission of such suicide, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine. Also read what is abetment u/s 107 IPC here.

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Pawan Kumar & Ors Vs State Of Haryana on 9 February, 1998

ShadesOfKnife — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 18:41:16 +0000

In this case, hon’ble supreme court did not find any evidence that which “led that the deceased was subjected to cruelty by appellant Nos.2 & 3. Before holding that appellant Nos. 2 & 3 had committed the offence, it had to be found that they are responsible for subjecting her to cruelty or harassment, soon […]

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