he lower court has said that a suicide note mentioning names is not sufficient to prove abetment of suicide.
“Direct evidence is needed to establish that the accused either aided or instigated the deceased to commit suicide or entered into any conspiracy to aid him into committing suicide,” said the court while acquitting a family booked for abetment of suicide. In 2016, a man named Jasvinder had committed suicide.
A suicide note has been found in which he mentioned four persons- Bhupinder Singh (father-in-law of Jasvinder’s daughter), Jaswinder Singh (son-in-law), Parminder Singh (brother-inlaw) and Balwinder (mother-in-law).
When Jasvinder’s wife, Amita and daughter Gurpreet learnt about the suicide, they accused the family of Bhupinder Singh alleging that he and his family had threatened Jasvinder.
In January 2015, Jaswinder and Gurpreet got married and within 20 days she complained of harassment. In July, she filed a complaint of domestic violence.
The trial was being conducted at Rohini Court. Based on the suicide note, the Delhi Police arrested Jaswinder and his father Bhupender. Parminder managed to get anticipatory bail while Balwinder expired.
The father-son duo remained in jail for over three months. “The prosecution has miserably failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt,” said advocate Pradeep Khatri, the defence lawyer.
“There is no direct evidence to establish that any of the accused either aided or instigated the deceased to commit suicide,” the court said.
IANS
