Asking someone to ‘go and die’ not abetment of suicide: Karnataka High Court

Karnataka High Court suicide case: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday ruled that merely asking someone to go and die does not amount to abetment of suicide, while granting bail to a man accused of his wife’s suicide.

Delivering the order, Justice Shivashankar Amarannavar said, “Mainly because the petitioner asking the deceased to go and die does not amount to abetment.”

The court also pointed out that there were no prior complaints by the deceased against her husband before she died by suicide.

Justice Amarannavar noted that the deceased’s suicide note did not mention any dowry demand and harassment by the husband.

Additional state public prosecutor Pushpalatha B argued that the deceased left a death note, and her landlady’s statement suggested that she was not happy with the marriage