Supreme Court of India

V. P. Singh Etc v. The State of Punjab & Ors.

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Reported as [2022] 8 S.C.R. 847
Bench Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S. Oka JJ.
Decided 24 November 2022

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid legal position, we find not an iota of material on record even assuming the complete charge sheet to be correct which could lead to a conviction in a case of abetment as there was absence of the necessary ingredients to make the offence.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: s. 306 – Abetment of suicide – Commission of suicide by the student after he was reprimanded for the misconduct in the College – He was suspended and asked to call for h is parents as an exercise of legitimate disciplinary action; and was al so issued notice and was asked to deposit security amount of Rs. 10,000/- – However, instead of complying with the disciplinary acti on, student took his own life by jumping into the canal – Befor e doing so, he sent an SMS to his brother stating that he love his parents and do es not want to trouble them – Registration of FIR against

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