Bombay High Court: “Allegations of Harassment Do Not Automatically Constitute Abetment to Suicide” — Conviction Set Aside for Lack of Mens Rea, “Mere harassment, absent any clear intention to drive the victim to suicide, cannot amount to abetment under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code.”
Posted inNews

Bombay High Court: “Allegations of Harassment Do Not Automatically Constitute Abetment to Suicide” — Conviction Set Aside for Lack of Mens Rea, “Mere harassment, absent any clear intention to drive the victim to suicide, cannot amount to abetment under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code.”

Court’s Decision The Bombay High Court set aside the conviction of the appellant under Section 306 (abetment of suicide) read with Section 107 IPC, holding that the prosecution had failed…
October 28, 2025
supreme court
Posted inNews

Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings for Cheating Allegations Between Seller and Builder’s Agent, Holding Civil Land Disputes Cannot Be Criminalised, Orders ₹10 Lakh Cost on Complainant for Misusing Criminal Law, Protects Aged Widow and Daughter from Harassment in Property Deal Gone Sour

Court’s Decision The Supreme Court allowed the appeal filed by two women, a seventy-year-old widow of a retired Army officer and her daughter, quashing the First Information Report and criminal…
July 25, 2025