Illicit Relations Alone Insufficient Without ‘Positive Act of Instigation’: Supreme Court Quashes Abetment to Suicide Charges

The Supreme Court of India has quashed criminal proceedings against an individual charged with abetment to suicide, observing that mere allegations of an illicit relationship, in the absence of a positive act of instigation or incitement, do not satisfy the legal requirements under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The Division Bench, comprising

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