Amid Atul Subhash row, SC says mere harassment not sufficient to find accused guilty of abetting suicide
Supreme Court has said. The observations came from a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and P B Varale while delivering a verdict on an appeal challenging a Gujarat High Court order refusing to discharge a woman's husband and her in-laws for allegedly harassing her and driving her to suicide.
The observations in the judgement gain significance in the wake of the recent suicidal death case of 34-year-old techie Atul Subhash. He alleged harassment at the hands of his estranged wife and her family.
A case of abetment of suicide was registered against his wife Nikita Singhania, her mother Nisha, father Anurag and uncle Sushil.
The top court's observations may come to the aide of Nisha and her family members.
Dealing with the plea challenging the high court order, the apex court noted a case was registered in 2021 for the alleged offences including under Sections 498-A (subjecting a married woman to cruelty) and 306 of the IPC which deals with the offence of abetment of suicide and prescribes a maximum jail term of 10 years and fine.
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