Vitla Police file case as two men accuse each other of alleged attack with lethal weapon
Vitla: A case has been registered by the local police following an alleged clash between two individuals near Adyanadka in Kepu village of Vitla. The incident, which involved an alleged attack with a lethal weapon, has resulted in both parties filing complaints and counter-complaints.
According to the complaint lodged by Mohammed Ali A (36), a resident of Adyanadka, the altercation occurred on Tuesday afternoon when Ganesh (29) visited his house and confronted him over a monetary issue. Allegedly, Ganesh not only verbally abused Ali but also attacked him with a sickle. The commotion attracted the attention of neighbors, prompting Ganesh to flee the scene after issuing a death threat to Ali. Ali, who sustained injuries during the altercation, is currently undergoing treatment at Highland Hospital in Mangaluru.
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In response, Ganesh, a resident of Enmakaje village in Manjeshwar taluk, Kasaragod district, filed a counter-complaint with the Vitla Police. He accused Ali of attacking him with a knife and also issuing him a death threat.
Subsequently, the Vitla Police have registered a case under IPC Sections 307, 324, 341, 506, and 504 based on the statements provided by both Ali and Ganesh. The investigation into the matter is currently underway.
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Mere breakup not enough for abetment to suicide: Delhi HC
New Delhi (PTI): Merely breaking up may not amount to instigation for a case of abetment of suicide under the criminal law, the Delhi High Court has said.
Justice Manoj Jain made the observation while dealing with a bail plea by a man accused of abetting the suicide of his former partner, who hanged herself five days after his marriage to another woman.
Granting bail to the accused, the court observed that the instigation should be of such a nature that leaves the deceased with no option but to commit suicide.
It said only a trial would establish whether the deceased's "extreme step" was on account of provocation, instigation, "merely on account of her being hyper-sensitive girl" or for some other reason.
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In the present case, the court noted, there was no dying declaration, and the parties were in a relationship for around eight years, during which there was no complaint from the deceased.
The court observed there was a considerable time gap between the date when the parties stopped talking and the date of the suicide.
"Apparently, it seems to be a case of a broken relationship and quite possibly, the deceased, having come to know that the applicant has got married to someone else, has chosen to finish herself," the court said in the order passed on February 24.
"Though broken relationship and heartbreaks have become common these days, mere breaking-up of relationship may not per se constitute instigation so as to make it to be a case of abetment under Section 108 BNS (abetment of suicide)," the court order read.
According to the father of the deceased, his daughter had been trapped by the accused, who pressured her to convert to his religion for marriage, and it was under such pressure that his daughter committed suicide by hanging herself with a chunni in October 2025.
The accused was arrested in November 2025.
The court observed that, according to the woman's friends, she was upset, and they never claimed anything on conversion. The accused had stopped talking to her from February 2025 onwards, it said.
According to the order, the man was let out on bail on a personal bond and surety bond of Rs 25,000 each.
The accused submitted that the parties were in a cordial relationship for around eight years, but the woman's parents were against the relationship since they belonged to different religions.
He alleged that it was her parents who forced her to sever the relationship.
