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11 Thus, according to the High Court, the deceased committed suicide on account of instigation in the form of harassment & humiliation at the end of the appellants. The question is in what manner the appellants could be said to have instigated the deceased that ultimately led him to commit suicide.
12 Prima facie, it appears that two things weighed with the High Court. First, the two police statements of the colleagues of the deceased referred to above & secondly, the act on the part of the appellants in handing over the letter to all the salesmen present in the meeting including the deceased containing instructions therein to do the work of merchandising. This according to the High Court amounted to demotion.
NC: 2025:KHC:21774 HC-KAR 1999 had never joined the office at 160 B.L. Saha Road, Kolkata and had absented himself for a period of two years and that the suicide took place on 16-2-2001. It cannot be said that the present appellant had in any way instigated the deceased to commit suicide or he was responsible for the suicide of Pranab Kumar Nag. An offence under Section 306. IPC would stand only if there is an abetment for the commission of the crime. The parameters of the "abetment"
18 This Court in M. Arjunan v. State, represented by its Inspector of Police, (2019) 3 SCC 315, while explaining the necessary ingredients of Section 306 of the IPC in detail, observed as under:--
"7. The essential ingredients of the offence under Section 306 I.P.C. are : (i) the abetment;
(ii) the intention of the accused to aid or instigate or abet the deceased to commit suicide. The act of the accused, however, insulting the deceased by using abusive language will not, by itself, constitute the abetment of suicide. There should be evidence capable of suggesting that the accused intended by such act to instigate the deceased to commit suicide. Unless the ingredients of instigation/abetment to commit suicide are satisfied, accused cannot be convicted under Section 306 IPC."
(Emphasis supplied) In the case of M. ARJUNAN v. STATE4 it is held by the Apex Court as follows:
"7. The essential ingredients of the offence Under Section 306 Indian Penal Code are: (i) the abetment; (ii) the intention of the Accused to aid or instigate or abet the deceased to commit suicide. The act of the Accused, however, insulting the deceased by using abusive language will not, by itself, constitute the abetment of suicide. There should be evidence capable of suggesting that the Accused intended by such act to instigate the deceased to commit suicide. Unless the ingredients of instigation/abetment to commit suicide are satisfied, Accused cannot be convicted Under Section 306 Indian Penal Code.