Tag: 306 IPC

Illicit relationship sufficient to abet suicide of the spouse

Aug 18, 2018

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by

Hari G Ramasubramanian

in 306 IPC, 498A IPC, Supreme Court

SC affirmed the conviction decision of the HC and refused to show reduce the sentence. In the absence of direct evidence of abetment to have caused the suicide of the wife, whether the conduct of the husband to have continued an illicit relationship is sufficient to convict him under Section 498A and 306 IPC? The…