Supreme Court Quashes Charge Against Accused in Abetment of Suicide Case Due to Insufficient Evidence of Instigation. The Court held that allegations of illicit relationship and hearsay statements, without positive act of instigation or mens rea under Section 306 of Indian Penal Code, 1860, do not constitute offence, warranting quashing of proceedings....
The dispute arose from a criminal appeal challenging the order of the Chhattisgarh High Court that dismissed a revision application against the framing of charge under Section 306 read with Section 34...




