Penal Code, 1860—Section 306—abetment of suicide—Wife of deceased having illicit relationship with accused-appellant—Fact that appellant had illicit relationship with wife of deceased is an admitted position—Deceased committed suicide due to insult and humiliation out of such shameful development—Definite proximity...
Abetment of the Suicide
Instigation—A word uttered in a fit of anger or emotion without intending consequences to actually follow, cannot be said to be instigation—Presence of mens rea is necessary concomitant of instigation.
Penal Code, 1860—Section 306 read with Section 107—abetment of suicide—In cases of alleged abetment of suicide there must be proof of direct or indirect acts of incitement to commission of suicide—Act of abetment by person charged with said offence...
Instigation which is synonymous with abetment is defined as an act whereby one goads, urges, provokes, incites or encourages a person to commit an offence, and in the present case the offence of suicide. [see Hiralal Jain (supra) and...
