Husband Sending Draft Divorce Agreement To Wife Would Not Constitute Abetment Of Suicide: Kerala High Court

Kerala HC acquits husband in abetment case - The Kerala High Court has acquitted a husband in an abetment of suicide case, ruling that merely sending divorce papers to his wife would not constitute abetment. The court found that there was no evidence of instigation, conspiracy, or intentional aiding or direct/indirect incitement to the commission of suicide by the husband. The decision clarifies that a relationship souring or even the act of seeking divorce, without clear intent to drive the person to suicide, is not sufficient to attract the charge of abetment under Section 306 of the IPC.