Supreme Court of India

Chitresh Kumar Chopra v. State (govt. of Nct of Delhi)

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Reported as [2009] 13 S.C.R. 230

Bench D.K. Jain and H.L. Dattu JJ.

Decided 10 August 2009

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussion, we do not find any merit in this appeal, which is dismissed accordingly.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

i Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Ss. 3971401 and 482 - Prosecution u/s. 306 read with 34 /PC - Trial court c framing charges - In revision, High Court not interfering with ,.__ the order - On appeal, held: Trial court rightly drew an inference thf)t the accused had instigated the deceased to commit suicide - There was ground for presuming that the accused had committed the offence - Scope of revisional )-- powers being limited, High Court justified in not interfering with the order. Penal Code, 1860: - s. 306 and 107 - Abetment of suicide - What constitutes the offence - Discussed. s. 107

Where later benches applied it

2025 Abhinav Mohan Delkar v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. relied on
2024 Kumar @ Shiva Kumar v. State of Karnataka relied on
2024 Vikas Chandra v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. relied on
2021 Mahendra K C v. The State of Karnataka & Anr. relied on
2021 Kanchan Sharma v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. relied on
2019 Ude Singh & Ors. v. State of Haryana relied on
2019 The State of Madhya Pradesh v. Deepak relied on
2012 Praveen Pradhan v. State of Uttranchal & Anr. relied on
2025 Patel Babubhai Manohardas & Ors. v. State of Gujarat referred to
2024 M. Vijayakumar v. State of Tamil Nadu referred to
2022 Manendra Prasad Tiwari v. Amit Kumar Tiwari & Anr. referred to
2021 Velladurai v. State Represented by the Inspector of Police referred to
2021 Saranya v. Bharathi and Another referred to
2017 Pawan Kumar v. State of H.P. referred to
2021 State of Rajasthan v. Ashok Kumar Kashyap mentioned
2012 Amit Kapoor v. Ramesh Chander & Anr. mentioned
2019 State of West Bengal v. Indrajit Kundu & Ors. not applicable

Of those, 8 relied on · 6 referred to · 2 mentioned · 1 not applicable

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