Bombay High Court Quashes Section 302 IPC Charge in Dowry Death Case — Suicide by Jumping Does Not Constitute Murder. The court held that where death is by suicide, Section 302 IPC cannot be invoked unless there is evidence of a direct physical act causing death, and the appropriate charges are under Sections 304B, 306, and 498A IPC.
8 Oct 2014The applicants, accused in Sessions Case No.141/2008 pending before the Sessions Court at Thane, were charged under Sections 498A, 304B, and 306 IPC r...






