Supreme Court: For post-split suicide, can't always accuse ex of abetment

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has held that when the break-up of a relationship ends in suicide, it cannot always be termed abetment and a former partner prosecuted. A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran quashed criminal proceedings against a man and five of his family members who were being prosecuted for abetment after his live-in partner died by suicide after they broke up.

The Supreme Court has ruled that not all break-up related suicides constitute abetment. In a recent case, a man's refusal to marry his live-in partner led to her suicide. The court quashed criminal proceedings against him and his family. The justices noted that different people react differently to relationship endings. They concluded that the man's actions did not constitute instigation or intent to drive her to suicide.

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