High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad, Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Applicants in Abetment of Suicide Case Due to Absence of Instigation and Mens Rea. The court held that mere life threats without a positive act proximate to the suicide and without visible mens rea do not constitute abetment under Section 306 read with Section 107 of Indian Penal Code, 1860, and continuation of proceedings would be an abuse of process under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
5 Oct 2021The matter arose from a criminal application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 filed before the Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay...
