Karnataka High Court: Prosecution for instigating wife's suicide cannot be quashed post chargesheet
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has ruled that the charge of abetment to suicide against a husband can only be properly evaluated in a full trial after evidence is presented. The decision was made by Justice M. Nagaprasanna while refusing to quash the abetment to suicide charge under s. 306 IPC against Mayukh Mukherjee.
The case involves a couple who married in 2021 and relocated to Bengaluru. Following marital discord, the wife tragically committed suicide on February 24, 2023. Her father subsequently filed a complaint against her husband and in-laws. After investigation, the police filed a chargesheet solely against the husband under s. 498-A and s. 306 IPC.
Mukherjee sought to quash the charges, arguing that his wife suffered from depression and had not blamed him or his family in a video recorded before her death. However, the complainant’s counsel highlighted evidence from the victim’s diary and an audio recording, indicating that Mukherjee’s extramarital affair and alleged cruelty drove her to suicide.
The court, after reviewing the evidence, observed that the matter requires a full trial to determine the husband’s role in the suicide. It held that the factors indicating instigation are present and dismissed the petition.
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Five crushed to death after truck ploughs into tent in Kerala
Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): At least five people, including two children, were killed and as many persons injured when a truck ploughed into the roadside tent where they were sleeping in this central Kerala district early on Tuesday, police said.
The victims, nomads living in tents set up along the highway, were struck by the truck on a national highway in Nattika, under the Valapad police station limits, at 4.30 am, they said.
The injured have been admitted to Thrissur Government Medical College Hospital, with the condition of two individuals reported as serious, police said.
Among the deceased are two children, aged one-and-a-half and four years. Two women were also killed.
The driver and cleaner of the vehicle have been taken into custody, police added.
