Supreme Court of India
Naresh Kumar v. State of Haryana
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From the headnote
Issue for Consideration Conviction of the appellant for the offence punishable u/s.306, Penal Code, 1860, if justified. Headnotes Penal Code, 1860 – s.306 – Abetment of suicide – Evidence Act, 1872 – s.113A – Presumption as to abetment of suicide by a married woman – When cannot be raised – Conviction of the appellant u/s.306, IPC – Correctness: Held: In order to convict a person u/s.306, IPC there has to be a clear mens rea to commit the offence – Mere harassment is not sufficient to hold an accused guilty of abetting the commission of suicide – It also requires an active act or direct act
Authorities it was built on
- 2019 Ude Singh & Ors. v. State of Haryana
- 2007 P.K. Arjunan v. State of Kerala
- 1990 Smt. Shanti and Anr. v. State of Haryana
- 1998 Pawan Kumar and Ors. v. State of Haryana
- 2021 Geo Varghese v. The State of Rajasthan & Anr.
- 2022 Mariano Anto Bruno & Anr. v. The Inspector of Police
- 2023 Kashibai & Ors. v. The State of Karnataka
Where later benches applied it
- 2024 Parveen Kumar v. The State of Himachal Pradesh
- 2024 Prakash and Others v. The State of Maharashtra and Another
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to
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