Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, 21 Jan (HS): In an

important decision the Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court stated that

refusal to marry cannot be held as abetment to suicide.

A case was filed against a girl who refused to marry

a boy, who later committed suicide in December 2023. Both had love affair and

then the girl refused to marry the boy. A complaint relating to abetment to

suicide was filed against the girl at Shivajinagar Police Station in Beed.

The defender girl’s counsel Adv Sayyad Tausif Yasin

argued that break up in love affair or refusal to marry cannot be considered as

abetment to suicide, which the court accepted. The court also opined that the

evidence is not enough to prove the allegation of abetment to suicide. The High

Court also directed to submit the charge sheet pending with the Chief

Magistrate in the case.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar