Suicide, Harassment, Abetment and Criminal Law
In this case [Shiv Shankar v. State [2025] GCtR 1332 (Delhi)], dealing with allegations of harassment and consequent suicide, acquitting the accused for offences under S.306/S.34 of IPC, it was held that "to satisfy the requirement of the
‘instigation’ it is important that the act/omission or by the continued course
of conduct, a situation is created, where the deceased is left with no other
option except to commit the suicide. A word uttered in a fit of anger or
emotion without intending the consequences to actually follow cannot be
said to be ‘instigation’."
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