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Wife Attending Midnight Calls Despite Husband's Repeated Operations, Doesn't Amount to Abetment of Suicide: J&K High Court

Wife Attending Midnight Calls Despite Husband's Repeated Operations, Doesn't Amount to Abetment of Suicide: J&K High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has a ruled that a wife attending calls from unknown numbers during the dead of night wouldn't constitute abetment of suicide under section 107 of Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Justice Sanjeev kumar made this observation while dismissing a criminal revision petition filed by Kunti Devi, the mother of the deceased, Surinder Kumar, against the discharge of her daughter-in-law Neelam Devi fom the case.

Case Title: Kunti Devi Vs Neelam Devi

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