NO ABETMENT CHARGE IF SUICIDE BID FAILS: COURT.
Observing that the charge of abetment to suicide is not attracted against an accused if the victim survives the attempt, a sessions court has granted bail to three men booked for allegedly harassing and driving a transgender to hang herself in October 2017. "There is no dispute that the complainant has survived and has been discharged from the hospital. Therefore, it appears that the offence punishable under Section.306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code is not attracted", the Court said. Police had said that Anita Wadekar, the 33-year-old survivor, was harnessed and abused by the accused on a WhatsApp group forcing her to take the step on 22nd October 2017. The trio - Suresh Mastud (33), Kisan Vaje (23) and Nadeem Shaikh (20) - was arrested on 25th October.
-Challapalli Srinivas Chakravarthy-
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