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Kumar @ Shiva Kumar v. State of Karnataka

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Reported as [2024] 3 S.C.R. 329
Bench Bela M. Trivedi and Ujjal Bhuyan JJ.
Decided 1 March 2024

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Issue for Consideration Appellant was convicted for the offence u/s. 306 IPC by the trial Court and the conviction was upheld by the High Court. Whether the prosecution proved the charge of abetment to commit suicide u/s. 306 IPC against the appellant. Headnotes Penal Code, 1860 – s. 306 – Prosecution case was that appellant was earlier residing in the house of the victim-deceased X as a tenant – It was alleged that appellant threatened victim to marry him when she was returning home after dropping children of her sister at school – Thereafter, she consumed poison in the house – Consequent to

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