Merely Lodging A False FIR Is Not Abetment Of Suicide: Supreme Court
LIVELAW NEWS NETWORK
20 Aug 2026 4:49 PM IST
Merely because a dejected husband, or lover, out of frustration, ends his life and puts the blame on the accused, in his suicide note, is not enough to conclude that a prima facie case is made out.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (18.08.2026) has held that lodging an FIR or serving a notice seeking maintenance, even if such proceedings are later found to be false, does not by itself amount to instigating the person against whom such proceedings are initiated, to commit suicide. The Court quashed an FIR registered against the in-laws of a man who died by suicide, holding that neither the...
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday (18.08.2026) has held that lodging an FIR or serving a notice seeking maintenance, even if such proceedings are later found to be false, does not by itself amount to instigating the person against whom such proceedings are initiated, to commit suicide. The Court quashed an FIR registered against the in-laws of a man who died by suicide, holding that neither the FIR nor the suicide note left behind by the deceased dislosed the necessary ingredients of abetment under Section 107 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC, now Section 45 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023).
