New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said it was important to establish proof of direct or indirect acts of instigation by the accused to attract the abetment of suicide offence.
A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan said in order to sustain Section 306 of IPC, dealing with abetment of suicide, it must necessarily be proved that the accused contributed to the suicide by some direct or indirect act.
“To attract the offence of abetment to suicide, it is important to establish proof of direct or indirect acts of instigation or incitement of suicide by the accused, which must be in close proximity to the commission of suicide by the deceased,” it said.
