Supreme Court of India

Kanchan Sharma v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.

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Reported as [2021] 6 S.C.R. 194
Bench R. Subhash Reddy and Hrishikesh Roy JJ.
Decided 17 September 2021

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, this appeal is allowed and Or der dated 18.07.2019 passed by the High Court of Allahabad in Application No.27662 of 2019 is set aside.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 – s.306 – Deceased (brother of complainant) went to the house of appellant and consumed po ison by taking out from a small bottle which he carried in his pocket – Proceedings against appellant u/s.306, IPC and 3(2)( v) of the SC and ST Act – High Court rejected application of appellant u /s.482, CrPC – On appeal, held: Merely because deceased con sumed poison in front of the house of the appellant, that itself will not indicate any relation of the appellant with the deceased – Absolutely no material to allege that appellant abetted for su icide of the deceased within meaning

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