Holding that mere refusal to marry by itself doesn’t amount to abetment to suicide, the Supreme Court has quashed an FIR against a man from Amritsar in Punjab accused of driving a woman to commit suicide by allegedly backing out of their proposed marriage.

“Even if we accept the entire case put up by the prosecution as it is without adding anything or subtracting, we are of the view that none of the ingredients to constitute the offence of abetment punishable under Section 306 of the IPC are borne out,” a Bench led by Justice B Pardiwala said, allowing an appeal filed by accused Yadwinder Singh alias Sunny.

The mother of the deceased had lodged an FIR alleging that her daughter died after consuming some poisonous substance on November 6, 2016, “after being fed up with Yadwinder Singh” an

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