'Mere Refusal To Marry Won't Amount To Instigation Under S.107 IPC': Supreme Court Quashes Abetment Of Suicide Case

The Supreme Court has held that mere refusal to marry, even if true, by itself would not amount to “instigation” as contemplated under Section 107 of the Indian Penal Code, while quashing an FIR registered against a man accused of abetting the suicide of a woman who allegedly took her life after he backed out of their proposed marriage.

A Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice KV Viswanathan was hearing an appeal filed by Yadwinder Singh @ Sunny challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court's refusal to quash an FIR registered against him under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code.

The FIR was lodged in 2016 by the deceased woman's mother, who alleged that her daughter, a government advocate, consumed poison and died after the appellant reneged on his promise to marry her. The prose