Geeta vs State of Karnataka 2025 INSC 1089 - S.306 IPC - Abetment Of Suicide
Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 306 - While allowing appeal filed by accused, SC observed: when the appellant’s family and the victim’s family had heated exchanges, there was any intention to abet or to cause any member of either family to take their own life. These quarrels occur in everyday life, and on facts we are not able to conclude that there was an instigation on the part of the appellant to such an extent that the victim was left with no other option but to commit suicide. (Para 23) - Referred to Mahendra Awase Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh, 2025 INSC 76 et al.
Case Info
The case is
Case Name and Neutral Citation
- Case Name: Geeta v. State of Karnataka
- Neutral Citation: 2025 INSC 1089
Coram (Judges)
- Coram: [B.V. Nagarathna] and [K.V. Viswanathan], JJ.
Judgment Date
- Date of Judgment: 9 September 2025
Caselaws and Citations Referred
The judgment refers to several Supreme Court decisions interpreting Section 306 IPC (abetment of suicide):
- Swamy Prahaladdas v. State of M.P. and Another
- Citation: (1995) Supp (3) SCC 438
- Madan Mohan Singh v. State of Gujarat and Another
- Citation: (2010) 8 SCC 628
- Amalendu Pal alias Jhantu v. State of West Bengal
- Citation: (2010) 1 SCC 707
- M. Mohan v. State
- Citation: (2011) 3 SCC 626
- Ramesh Kumar v. State of Chhattisgarh
- Citation: (2001) 9 SCC 618
- Mahendra Awase v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Citation: 2025 INSC 76
Statutes/Laws Referred
- Indian Penal Code (IPC)
- Section 306: Abetment of suicide
- Sections 143, 147, 323, 504, 506, 149: Various offences (unlawful assembly, rioting, causing hurt, intentional insult, criminal intimidation, prosecution of common object)
- Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
- Section 3(2)(v): Punishment for offences committed on the ground of victim’s caste or tribe
- Section 3(1)(xi): Another provision under the SC/ST Act
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Section 313: Statement of accused
