Supreme Court of India

Velladurai v. State Represented by the Inspector of Police

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Reported as [2021] 6 S.C.R. 187
Bench M. R. Shah and Aniruddha Bose JJ.
Decided 14 September 2021

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, the present appeal succeeds.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 – s.306 r/w s.4(b) of Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act – Abetment t o suicide – Mere harassment without any positive action on part of the accused proximate to the time of occurrence which led to the suicide w ould not amount to offence u/s.306 IPC – On facts, wife of appellant consumed pesticide and died – Appellant had quarrel with his wife on the incident date – But no material on record th at appellant played an active role by an act of instigating or by doing a certain act to facilitate the commission of suicide – On the con trary, even appellant also

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