{"id":7178,"date":"2025-08-14T05:12:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T23:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawfultalks3.selfst.art\/allegations-in-suicide-note-alone-cant-sustain-abetment-case-hc\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T17:31:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:01:46","slug":"allegations-in-suicide-note-alone-cant-sustain-abetment-case-hc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawfultalks3.selfst.art\/?p=7178","title":{"rendered":"Allegations In Suicide Note Alone Can\u2019t Sustain Abetment Case : HC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">The Karnataka High Court has quashed a First Information Report(FIR) registered against a woman for abetment of suicide under Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS), holding that there was no specific act on her part with a proximate nexus to her husband&rsquo;s death.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:center\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><em>Justice S. Vishwajith Shetty<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">, sitting at the Dharwad Bench, allowed the petition filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), by the accused wife, who had been named in Crime No.5\/2025 of Ashoknagar Police Station, Hubballi-Dharwad.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Facts: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">According to the FIR lodged on January 26, 2025, by the deceased&rsquo;s brother, the petitioner&rsquo;s marriage with the deceased was solemnised on December 8, 2022. She had lived with him for about three months before returning to her parents&rsquo; home, and efforts to reconcile failed. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">On the morning of January 26, the deceased allegedly died by suicide in his house, leaving behind a death note. The note stated that <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><em>&ldquo;his wife needs his death and she had tortured him.&rdquo; <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">The Court, however, observed:&ldquo;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><em>Except the aforesaid, there is no mention of any particular act committed by the petitioner which has nexus to the death of the deceased<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">It emphasised that for invoking Section 108 BNS, the alleged act should have the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong>proximity and nexus with the death of the deceased<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"> and the act must have &ldquo;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><em>abated, instigated or aided the deceased to commit suicide<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Judgement: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">The order noted that the couple had been living separately for over a year and were engaged in pending matrimonial proceedings &ndash; the husband seeking restitution of conjugal rights and the wife pursuing a domestic violence complaint against him and his relatives.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Referring to Supreme Court precedents, including <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><em>Prakash &amp; Ors. v. State of Maharashtra (2024 INSC 1020)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">, the Court reiterated that <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><em>&ldquo;merely for the reason that accused had asked the deceased to go and die, that itself does not constitute the ingredient of &lsquo;instigation&rsquo;,&rdquo; <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">stressing that the presence of <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><em>mens rea<\/em><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"> is a necessary concomitant.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">The bench also cited <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><em>Mariano Anto Bruno v. Inspector of Police (2022 SCC OnLine SC 1387)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><em>Ramesh Kumar v. State of Chhattisgarh [(2001) 9 SCC 618], and Kanchan Sharma v. State of U.P. (2021 SCC OnLine SC 737),<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"> all underscoring that without a positive act intended to push the deceased into a position where they saw no option but suicide, the offence of abetment is not made out.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Finding that this was a &ldquo;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong><em>fit case wherein this Court needs to exercise its power under Section 528 of the BNSS 2023, to secure the ends of justice<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">,&rdquo; the Court quashed the entire proceedings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <hr \/>\n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong>Case Title:<\/strong><\/span><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1QAmqgV0hnYrxUrjdDlwCJ0qyOiC4d00XQWa10oiC-Xo\/edit?usp=sharing\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#1155cc\"><em>Feebi Gottam @ Feebhe Gollapalli v. State of Karnataka &amp; Anr.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n \n <span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong>Case No.:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"> Criminal Petition No. 100661 of 2025<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n \n <span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong>Advocates:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"> Sachin C. Angadi for petitioner; Girija S. Hiremath, HCGP for R1; Reshma Madiwalar for R2.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Karnataka High Court has quashed a First Information Report(FIR) registered against a woman for abetment of suicide under Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS), holding that there was no specific act on her part with a proximate nexus to her husband&rsquo;s death. Justice S. 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