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Ramesh Kumar vs State Of Chhattisgarh on 17 October, 2001

9.2 Section 306 of the IPC stipulates "Abetment of suicide". The parameters of "abetment" have been stated in Section 107 of the IPC, which defines "abetment of a thing". As per the Section, a person can be said to have abetted in doing a thing, if he, firstly, instigates any person to do that thing; or secondly, engages with one or more other person or persons in any conspiracy for the doing of that thing, if an act or illegal omission takes place in Page 8 of 11 Downloaded on : Sun Jan 16 00:33:41 IST 2022 R/CR.MA/10560/2020 JUDGMENT DATED: 16/07/2021 pursuance of that conspiracy, and in order to the doing of that thing; or thirdly, intentionally aids, by any act or illegal omission, the doing of that thing. Thus, it manifests that under all the three eventualities, the direct involvement of the person or persons concerned in the commission of offence of suicide is essential to bring home the offence under Section 306 of the IPC. The Apex Court in the case of Ramesh Kumar Vs. State of Chhattisgarh. (2001) 9 SCC 618 has held that instigation is to goad, urge forward, provoke, incite or encourage to do "an act". To satisfy the requirement of "instigation", though it is not necessary that actual words must be used to that effect or what constitutes "instigation" must necessarily and specifically be suggestive of the consequence. Yet a reasonable certainty to incite the consequence must be capable of being spelt out. Where the accused had, by his acts or omission or by a continued course of conduct, created such circumstances that the deceased was left with no other option except to commit suicide, in which case, an "instigation" may have to be inferred. It is asserted by the Apex Court that "A word uttered in a fit of anger or emotion without intending the consequences to actually follow, cannot be said to be instigation."
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