Mere humiliation & harassment faced by the employee couldn’t be said to be an instigation for committing a suicide – Supreme Court.
Mere humiliation & harassment faced by the employee couldn’t be said to be an instigation for committing a suicide – Supreme Court.
Granting relief to the Appellants, the Court quashed the pending criminal case under Section 306 of IPC (Abetment to Suicide) and noted that the harassment and humiliation cannot be termed as instigation to commit suicide without there being material to show that the appellants intended the deceased to commit suicide.
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