Mr. Khalander Shafi vs State Of Karnataka on 5 August, 2026

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    Karnataka High Court

    Mr. Khalander Shafi vs State Of Karnataka on 5 August, 2026

    Author: M.Nagaprasanna

    Bench: M.Nagaprasanna

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                     Reserved on   : 22.04.2026
                     Pronounced on : 05.08.2026
    
                            IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
    
                              DATED THIS THE 05TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2026
    
                                              BEFORE
    
                             THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M. NAGAPRASANNA
    
                                 CRIMINAL PETITION No.3533 OF 2025
                                                C/W
                                 CRIMINAL PETITION No.1199 OF 2025
                                 CRIMINAL PETITION No.2880 OF 2025
                                 CRIMINAL PETITION No.4149 OF 2025
    
                     IN CRIMINAL PETITION No.3533 OF 2025
    
                     BETWEEN:
    
                     ABDUL SATHAR
                     S/O BAVA BEARY
                     AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS
                     R/AT: NO.4-132/1, 4TH BLOCK,
    Digitally        BOLLAJE, KATIPALLA, MANGALURU TALUK
    signed by        D.K. DISTRICT - 575 030.
    PADMAVATHI
    BK                                                           ... PETITIONER
    Location: High   (BY SRI SANDESH J. COUTA, SR.ADVOCATE A/W
    Court of             SRI LETHIF B., ADVOCATE)
    Karnataka
                     AND:
    
                     1 . THE STATE OF KARNATAKA
                         BY KAVOOR POLICE STATION,
                         D.K.DISTRICT,
                         REPRESENTED BY SPP,
                         HIGH COURT BUILDING,
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       BENGALURU - 560 001.
    
    2 . HYDER ALI,
        S/O B.M.AHAMAD BAVA,
        AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS,
        R/AT:FLAT NO.1904,
        ABHIMAN HILLS,
        LIGHT HOUSE HILL ROAD,
        MANGALURU,
        D.K.DISTRICT - 575 003.
                                              ... RESPONDENTS
    
    (BY SRI S.BALAKRISHNAN, SPL.PP FOR R-1;
        R-2 SERVED, UNREPRESENTED)
    
         THIS CRIMINAL PETITION IS FILED UNDER SECTION 528 OF
    B.N.S.S., PRAYING TO QUASH THE ENTIRE PROCEEDINGS IN
    C.C.NO.67/2025 FOR THE OFFENCE P/U/S 308(2), 308(5), 352,
    351(2), 108 AND 190 ON THE FILE OF J.M.F.C III COURT,
    MANGALURU OF KAVOOR P.S. WHICH IS PRODUCED AT
    ANNEXURE-A.
    
    
    IN CRIMINAL PETITION No.1199 OF 2025
    
    BETWEEN:
    
    MR.KHALANDER SHAFI
    S/O LATE ISMAIL,
    AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS
    R/AT: DO.NO.1-140/12
    NANDAVARA HOUSE
    SAJIPA MUNNOORU VILLAGE,
    BANTWAL TALUK
    D.K.DISTRICT.
                                                ... PETITIONER
    (BY SRI ABHISHEK MARLA M.J., ADVOCATE)
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    AND:
    
    1 . STATE OF KARNATAKA
        BY KAVOOR POLICE STATION,
        MANGALURU D.K
        REPRESENTED BY
        STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,
        HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
        BENGALURU - 560 001.
    
    2 . MR. HYDER ALI
        AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS,
        S/O B.M.AHMMED BHAVA
        R/AT: FLAT NO. 1904
        ABHIMAN HILLS,
        LIGHT HOUSE HILL ROAD,
        MANGALURU - 575 002.
                                                   ... RESPONDENTS
    (BY SRI S.BALAKRISHNAN, SPL.PP FOR R-1;
        R-2 SERVED, UNREPRESENTED.)
    
         THIS CRIMINAL PETITION IS FILED UNDER SECTION 528 OF
    B.N.S.S., PRAYING TO QUASH THE ENTIRE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST
    THE PETITIONER (ACCUSED NO.4) PENDING BEFORE THE JMFC-III
    COURT, MANGALURU IN C.C.NO.67/2025 FOR THE OFFENCES
    P/U/S 308(2), 308(5), 352, 351(2), 50, 54, 61(2), 140(2), 108 R/W
    SEC.190 OF BNS 2023.
    
    IN CRIMINAL PETITION No.2880 OF 2025
    
    BETWEEN:
    
    MOHAMMED SIRAJ SALAM
    AGED ABOUT 46 YEARS
    S/O.B.K.IJJABBA,
    R/AT: D.NO.327/7,
    BADRIYA JUMMA MASJID ROAD,
    7TH BLOCK, KRISHNAPURA,
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    SURATHKAL, MANGALURU
    D.K. DISTRICT - 575 015.
                                                 ... PETITIONER
    (BY SRI NISHIT KUMAR SHETTY, ADVOCATE)
    
    AND:
    
    1 . STATE OF KARNATAKA
        BY SHO KAVOOR POLICE STATION,
        MANGALURU, D.K DISTRICT,
        REPRESENTED BY
        STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,
        HIGH COURT BUILDING,
        BENGALURU - 560 001.
    
    2 . HYDER ALI,
        AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS,
        S/O B.M.AHMED BAVA,
        R/AT: FLAT NO. 1904,
        ABHIMAN HILLS,
        LIGHT HOUSE HILL ROAD,
        MANGALURU, D.K. - 575 003.
                                              ... RESPONDENTS
    (BY SRI S.BALAKRISHNAN, SPL.PP FOR R-1;
        R-2 SERVED, UNREPRESENTED)
    
    
         THIS CRIMINAL PETITION IS FILED UNDER SECTION 528 OF
    B.N.S.S., PRAYING TO ALLOW THE PETITION QUASH THE ENTIRE
    PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE PETITIONER IN CC.NO.67/2025
    (CRIME NO.150/2024 OF KAVOOR POLICE STATION) PENDING ON
    THE FILE OF JMFC (III COURT), MANGALORE, D.K. DISTRICT FOR
    THE OFFENCE PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTIONS 308(2), 308(5), 352,
    351(2), 50, 54, 61(2), 140(2), 108 R/W 190 OF BNS, 2023.
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    IN CRIMINAL PETITION No.4149 OF 2025
    
    BETWEEN:
    
    MOHAMMAD MUSTAFA @
    FALCON MUSTAFA
    S/O B.H.IDDINABBA
    AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS
    R/AT: D/NO. 7-44B, 7TH BLOCK,
    KRISHNAPURA, MANGALURU TALUK
    D.K.DISTRICT - 575 014.
                                               ... PETITIONER
    (BY SRI IMTIAZ B., ADVOCATE)
    
    AND:
    
    1.   THE STATE OF KARNATAKA
         REPRESENTED BY SPP
         HIGH COURT BUILDING
         BENGALURU - 01.
    
    2.   HYDAR ALI
         S/O BM AHMMED BAVA
         AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS,
         R/AT: FLAT NO. 1904, ABHIMAN HILLS,
         LIGHT HOUSE, HILL ROAD,
         MANGALURU, D.K.DISTRICT - 575 014.
                                                 ... RESPONDENTS
    (BY SRI S.BALAKRISHNAN, SPL.PP FOR R-1;
        R-2 SERVED, UNREPRESENTED)
    
         THIS CRIMINAL PETITION IS FILED UNDER SECTION 528 OF
    B.N.S.S., PRAYING TO QUASH THE ENTIRE PROCEEDINGS IN C.C
    NO.67/2025 FOR THE O/P/U/S 50, 60(2), 108 R/W 190 ON THE
    FILE OF JMFC III COURT, MANGALORE OF KAVOOR POLICE
    STATION.
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         THESE CRIMINAL PETITIONS HAVING BEEN HEARD AND
    RESERVED FOR ORDERS ON 22.04.2026, COMING ON FOR
    PRONOUNCEMENT THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:-
    
    
    CORAM:       THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA
    
    
                               CAV ORDER
    
          These petitions are preferred by the petitioners in different
    
    criminal petitions, who are accused Nos.1 to 6 in crime No.150 of
    
    2024, which is now pending in C.C.No.67/2025, before the learned
    
    JMFC III Court, Mangaluru, for the offences punishable under
    
    Sections 308(2), 308(5), 352, 351(2), 50, 54, 61(2), 140(2), 108
    
    r/w. 190 of the BNS.
    
    
          2. Facts, in brief averred in one of the petitions viz.
    
    Crl.P.No.3533 of 2025, which are common in other petitions, are as
    
    follows: -
    
    
          The 2nd respondent, one Hyder Ali is the informant.      It is
    
    alleged that he had suspected that his brother - Mamtaz has
    
    committed suicide at Kooluru on 06-10-2024, by jumping to the
    
    river from a bridge by parking his car near the bridge and that the
    
    body was not traced.   It is the further allegation that his brother
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    had received blackmailing calls from the accused - Smt.Rehamath,
    
    Abdul Sattar, Shafi, Mustafa, Sohaib and Siraj from July, 2024 and
    
    they have extorted huge amount of cash from the deceased.
    
    Respondent No.2 - complainant has drawn all of them as accused
    
    and sought to take action against those persons.      The complaint
    
    further narrates that the deceased Mamtaz, a social activist, had
    
    gained name and fame in the locality. The deceased was the head
    
    of the religious institution and in order to tarnish his image, the
    
    accused are alleged to have conspired together and due to political
    
    rivalry made allegations that the deceased was having illicit
    
    relationship with a lady by name Rehamath and the said rumor was
    
    circulating in the locality, apart from the fact that the accused had
    
    demanded money of upto ₹50/- lakhs from the deceased. The said
    
    transaction is also narrated in the complaint that the accused who
    
    had demanded the amount of ₹50/- lakhs had received a cheque
    
    for ₹25/- lakhs, which was encashed by one of the accused. Before
    
    commission of the suicide, the brother of the complainant is said to
    
    have sent a voice message to all the accused making them
    
    responsible for his death and the voice message further recorded
    
    that the accused must be punished for spreading false rumors of
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    him having illicit relationship with the lady and on that pretext
    
    demanding money, which led to commission of suicide. Based on
    
    the aforesaid fulcrum of the complaint, a crime in Crime No.150 of
    
    2024 comes to be registered for the offences punishable as afore-
    
    quoted against these accused. Investigation ensues. The police
    
    complete the investigation by recording the statement of the
    
    complainant/brother of       the   deceased    and    sending    the   voice
    
    message for forensic examination.         Then they have filed different
    
    charge sheets in these cases.          Filing of the charge sheets have
    
    driven these petitioners to this Court calling in question filing of the
    
    charge sheets and drawing them as accused.
    
    
          3. Heard Sri Sandesh J. Chouta, learned senior counsel
    
    appearing for the petitioner in Criminal Petition No.3533 of 2025;
    
    Sri Abhishek Marla M.J, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner
    
    in Criminal Petition No.1199 of 2025; Sri Nishit Kumar Shetty,
    
    learned counsel appearing for the petitioner in Criminal Petition
    
    No.2880 of 2025; Sri Imtiaz B, learned counsel appearing for the
    
    petitioner   in   Criminal     Petition     No.4149     of      2025    and
    
    Sri S.Balakrishnan, learned Special Public Prosecutor appearing for
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    respondent No.1/State in all the cases.               Complainant though
    
    served, remains unrepresented in all the petitions.
    
    
          4.   The   learned senior       counsel   Sri   Sandesh   J.   Chouta
    
    spearheading the submissions would vehemently contend that the
    
    facts narrated in the complaint nor the findings in the summaries of
    
    the respective charge sheets would indicate any act of these
    
    petitioners, which would become the ingredients of abetment to
    
    suicide.   He would contend that the accused for whom he is
    
    appearing i.e., accused No.3 is alleged to have committed the
    
    offences punishable under Sections 50, 61, 108, 142 r/w 190 of the
    
    BNS. Cognizance is taken for the aforesaid offences. It is his
    
    submission that if the role of the petitioner/accused No.3 is seen, it
    
    is that accused No.3/Abdul Sathar had lost in the election to the
    
    deceased for the post of President of a mosque who was also the
    
    President of an educational institution. Therefore, the rivalry
    
    between the brother of the complainant and the petitioner was
    
    continuously brewing.    Accused Nos.2 to 4 had decided to place
    
    illicit relationship of accused No.1 with the deceased before
    
    prominent leaders of the Society and such conspiracy is said to
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    have generated these problems.            The learned senior counsel
    
    submits that let alone accused No.3, none of the accused can be
    
    alleged of any wrong doing for it to become an offence under
    
    Section 108 of the BNS or any other offence alleged against these
    
    petitioners.
    
    
          5. The learned counsel appearing for other petitions in the
    
    respective petitions would toe the lines of the learned senior
    
    counsel in submitting that if the role of each of the accused is
    
    noticed, it would not make out ingredients of any of the offences
    
    alleged against these petitioners. Though the charge sheet so filed
    
    is voluminous, there is no warrant to permit trial on such
    
    allegations, which do not constitute the ingredients of abetment to
    
    suicide or any of the offences alleged.
    
    
          6. The learned senior counsel would also take this Court
    
    through the statements of CWs-1, 11, 37 and 38 all to indicate that
    
    there is no act of abetment to suicide or extortion as the case would
    
    be. The learned counsel appearing for the respective petitioners in
    
    unison would seek quashment of the proceedings.
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          7.   Per   contra,   the   learned   Special   Public   Prosecutor
    
    Sri S. Balakrishnan would refute the submissions in contending that
    
    if this does not make out a case for abetment to suicide no other
    
    can. All the accused together have indulged in separate acts which
    
    have resulted in the commission of suicide of the brother of the
    
    complainant. It is therefore, the learned counsel would submit that
    
    it is a matter of trial for the petitioners to come out clean.       He
    
    would take this Court through the complaint and particular
    
    references in the charge sheets of each of the accused to contend
    
    that the case at hand is shrouded with seriously disputed questions
    
    of fact, all of which need to be thrashed out in a full-blown trial. He
    
    would submit that there is no warrant of interference at the hands
    
    of this Court in exercise of its jurisdiction under Section 482/528 of
    
    the Cr.P.C./BNSS in the case of this nature. He would submit that
    
    the Apex Court in plethora of cases has held that when an issue is
    
    shrouded with seriously disputed questions of fact, this Court must
    
    not lend its protective hand to such accused.
    
    
          8. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioners again in
    
    unison would join issue to contend that there are no ingredients of
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    the offences so alleged even if this Court would take a microscopic
    
    view of the allegations and would seek to place reliance upon
    
    several judgments rendered by the Apex Court or this Court as the
    
    case would be.     They would seek to place reliance upon the
    
    following judgments.
    
    
    
         (i)     DAVID D'SOUZA v. STATE OF KARNATAKA -
                 2024 SCC OnLine Kar 47.
    
         (ii)    KUMAR @ SHIVA KUMAR v. STATE OF KARNATAKA
                 - (2024)19 SCC 308
    
         (iii)   V.V. SINGARA VELU v. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA
                 - AIR OnLine (2023) Kar 1470 / CRL.P.3095 OF 2022
                 Decided on 16.06.2023
    
         (iv)    AYYUB v. STATE OF U.P. - (2025) 3 SCC 334.
    
         (v)     M.ARJUNAN v. STATE - AIR 2019 SC 43.
    
         (vi)    SHABBIR HUSSAIN v. STATE OF M.P. -
                 (2021) 17 SCC 807
    
         (vii) PATEL BABUBHAI MANOHARDAS v. STAET OF
               GUJRAT - 2025 SCC OnLine SC 503.
    
         (viii) MAHENDRA AWASE v. STATE OF M.P. - AIR 2025 SC
                568.
    
         (ix)    THANGAVEL v. STATE - 2025 SCC OnLine SC 2933
    
         (x)     NIPUN ANEJA v. STATE OF U.P. -
                 2024 SCC OnLine SC 4091.
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          (xi)   MOHIT SINGHAL v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND -
                 (2024) 1 SCC 417
    
          (xii) PRAKASH v. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA -
                2024 SCC OnLine SC 3835.
    
          (xiii) ABHINAV  MOHAN     DELKAR      v.  STATE             OF
                 MAHARASHTRA - 2025 SCC Online SC 1725.
    
          (xiv) R.SHASHIREKHA v. STATE OF KARNATAKA -
                2025 SCC OnLine SC 671
    
          (xv) YADWINDER SINGH @ SUNNY v.                    STATE    OF
               PUNJAB - 2025 SCC OnLine SC 2332.
    
    
          9. Learned Special Public Prosecutor also would place reliance
    
    on certain judgments all of which would bear consideration qua
    
    their relevance in the course of the order.
    
    
          10. I have given my anxious consideration to the submissions
    
    made by the respective learned counsel and have perused the
    
    material on record.
    
    
          11. The afore-narrated facts are a matter of record and they
    
    would not require any iteration.     The protagonists of the crime,
    
    accused Nos.1 to 6 have different roles to play in the episode, all of
    
    which began when the complaint comes to be registered by the
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    brother of the deceased.            Since the entire issue triggered from
    
    registration of the complaint, I deem it appropriate to notice the
    
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    obtaining under Section 193 of the BNSS. The summary of the
    
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                         "ಮಂಗಳ/ರು
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    ಆ\ಾEತರುಗG3ೆ ಕೃತ;ದ       ಸಹಕ NದA7ೆb ತ&ಾ 25,000/- ರೂ ಹಣವನುB MೕTರುSಾC)ೆ. ನಂತರದ
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    ಮು!ಾCD ಅ ಯ 7ೈ7ಾಲು ಮು ದು ಹಣ ವಸೂ              !ಾಡ ೇ7ೆಂದು ದು...ೆ•ೕ     N ಪ QೋENರುSಾC)ೆ.
    ಅಲ ೇ ಈ -q&ಾ       ಹಬ‹ದ ಸಂದಭlದ         Qಾ.Kಾ- 2 <ೇಯವರು ನಡSೆ3ೆಟaವ?ೆಂಬ ಬ3ೆH       ಾಗೂ
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    Qಾ.Kಾ-23,   Qಾ.Kಾ-24,    Qಾ.Kಾ-25,    Qಾ.Kಾ-26        ಮತುC   Qಾ.Kಾ-28,Qಾ.Kಾ-29   ರವರು
    7ೇGN7ೊಂಡು Qಾ.Kಾ-1, Qಾ.Kಾ-5 ಮತುC Qಾ.Kಾ-6 <ೇಯವ 3ೆ VGNರುSಾC)ೆ.
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                                                       Qಾ Kಾ-2
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      ಎ" ಎ( ರಂSೆ ಅಪ)ಾಧ ೆಸ@ರುSಾC)ೆ ಎಂಬು ಾ@ ಸ ಸ&ಾದ ೋ...ಾ)ೋಪಣ ಪ†a"
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         The allegations vary from offences punishable under Sections
    
    308(2), 308(5), 352, 351(2), 50, 54, 61(2), 140(2), 108 read with
    
    190 of the BNS. I deem it appropriate to notice the provisions on
    
    which the offences are alleged. They read as follows:
    
    
                "50. Punishment of abetment if person abetted does
         act with different intention from that of abettor.--Whoever
         abets the commission of an offence shall, if the person abetted
         does the act with a different intention or knowledge from that of
         the abettor, be punished with the punishment provided for the
         offence which would have been committed if the act had been
         done with the intention or knowledge of the abettor and with no
         other.
                ...                   ...                  ...
               54. Abettor present when offence is committed.--
         Whenever any person, who is absent would be liable to
         be punished as an abettor, is present when the act or
         offence for which he would be punishable in consequence
         of the abetment is committed, he shall be deemed to have
         committed such act or offence.
               ...               ...                 ...
               61. Criminal conspiracy.--(1) ..              ..
               ..
    

    (2) Whoever is a party to a criminal conspiracy,–

    (a) to commit an offence punishable with
    death, imprisonment for life or rigorous
    imprisonment for a term of two years or
    upwards, shall, where no express provision
    is made in this Sanhita for the punishment
    of such a conspiracy, be punished in the
    same manner as if he had abetted such
    offence;

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    (b) other than a criminal conspiracy to commit
    an offence punishable as aforesaid shall be
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    punished with imprisonment of either
    description for a term not exceeding six
    months, or with fine or with both.

    … … …

    108. Abetment of suicide.–If any person commits
    suicide, whoever abets the commission of such suicide, shall be
    punished with imprisonment of either description for a term
    which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

    … … …

    140. Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder or
    for ransom, etc.–(1) … … …

    (2) Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person or
    keeps a person in detention after such kidnapping or
    abduction, and threatens to cause death or hurt to such
    person, or by his conduct gives rise to a reasonable
    apprehension that such person may be put to death or
    hurt, or causes hurt or death to such person in order to
    compel the Government or any foreign State or
    international inter-governmental organisation or any
    other person to do or abstain from doing any act or to pay
    a ransom, shall be punishable with death, or
    imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.

    … … …

    190. Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of
    offence committed in prosecution of common object.–If
    an offence is committed by any member of an unlawful
    assembly in prosecution of the common object of that assembly,
    or such as the members of that assembly knew to be likely to be
    committed in prosecution of that object, every person who, at
    the time of the committing of that offence, is a member of the
    same assembly, is guilty of that offence.

           ...                  ...                 ...
          308. Extortion.--(1) ...           ...
    
    

    (2) Whoever commits extortion shall be punished
    with imprisonment of either description for a term which
    may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both.

    … … …

    (5) Whoever commits extortion by putting any person in
    fear of death or of grievous hurt to that person or to any other,
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    shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a
    term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to
    fine.

                  ...                 ...                 ...
                  351. Criminal intimidation.--(1) ...            ...
    
    

    (2) Whoever commits the offence of criminal intimidation
    shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a
    term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

    … … …

    352. Intentional insult with intent to provoke
    breach of peace.–Whoever intentionally insults in any
    manner, and thereby gives provocation to any person, intending
    or knowing it to be likely that such provocation will cause him to
    break the public peace, or to commit any other offence, shall be
    punished with imprisonment of either description for a term
    which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.”

    Section 54 of the BNS punishes an abettor who is present

    when the offence is committed. Section 61(2) deals with

    punishment for criminal conspiracy. Section 140(2) deals with

    kidnapping for a ransom as was obtaining under Section 364A of

    the IPC, the earlier regime. Section 308(2) deals with extortion.

    Section 308(5) deals with extortion by putting a person in a fear of

    death or grievous hurt. Section 190 deals with unlawful assembly

    in execution of a common object. Above all, the alleged offence

    under Section 108 of the BNS punishes a person who abets

    commission of suicide.

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    12. If the complaint and the summary of charge sheet as

    extracted hereinabove are noticed, what would unmistakably

    emerge is, that the case is shrouded with seriously disputed

    questions of fact. The complainant registers the complaint on

    06-10-2024, hands over the mobile phone of the deceased on

    13-10-2024 and speaks about harassment of accused No.1 to the

    deceased and their relationship and the voice message from the

    deceased, which also indicates a cheque being handed over to

    accused No.1 for a sum of ₹25/- lakhs on demand of ₹50/- lakhs.

    The wife of the deceased one Rehana speaks about relationship of

    the deceased with accused No.1 and she comes to know of their

    relationship on 13-04-2024. The squabble arose between them

    early on 04-04-2024. Accused No.1 later on demanded

    compensation and had also asked the deceased to resign from the

    post of President and threatened to file a complaint before the

    Masjid. This is noticed in the WhatsApp voice recording of the

    deceased. There are several witnesses, who spoke about the

    enmity between the deceased and accused No.3 with regard to

    masjid administration and other acts of threatening with regard to

    administration in the masjid as also the relationship between
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    accused No.1 and the deceased. Accused No.1 one Smt. Rehamath

    is not said to have had a relationship with the deceased. When all

    these allegations are so shrouded in the realm of seriously disputed

    questions of fact, it is ununderstandable as to how this Court can

    interfere in exercise of its jurisdiction under Section 482 of the

    Cr.P.C., at this stage. It is undoubtedly a case for trial. A life is

    lost, not on ordinary terms but on serious allegations which are

    recorded by the deceased at the time of commission of suicide.

    This cannot be brushed aside and the crime cannot be obliterated at

    this juncture.

    13. Jurisprudence is replete with the judgments of the Apex

    Court as to the interference in a case of commission of suicide as

    obtaining under Section 108 of the BNS or Section 306 of the IPC,

    the earlier regime. The Apex Court holds that if ingredients of

    Section 107 of the IPC are not met in an allegation of an offence

    under Section 306 of the IPC, the Court has to interfere and

    obliterate the proceedings. In the event it does make out an offence

    of abetment, the Court must hold its hands in terminating the

    proceedings at the nascent stage. It therefore, becomes necessary
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    to notice what is abetment. For an offence to become punishable

    under Section 108 of the BNS, the abetment must have happened

    as obtaining under Section 45 of the BNS, which is Section 107 of

    the earlier regime, IPC. Section 45 of the BNS reads as follows:

    “45. Abetment of a thing.–A person abets the doing
    of a thing, who–

    (a) instigates any person to do that thing; or

    (b) engages with one or more other person or persons
    in any conspiracy for the doing of that thing, if an
    act or illegal omission takes place in pursuance of
    that conspiracy, and in order to the doing of that
    thing; or

    (c) intentionally aids, by any act or illegal omission, the
    doing of that thing.

    Explanation 1.–A person who, by wilful
    misrepresentation, or by wilful concealment of a material fact
    which he is bound to disclose, voluntarily causes or procures, or
    attempts to cause or procure, a thing to be done, is said to
    instigate the doing of that thing.

    Illustration

    A, a public officer, is authorised by a warrant from a court
    to apprehend Z. B, knowing that fact and also that C is not Z,
    wilfully represents to A that C is Z, and thereby intentionally
    causes A to apprehend C. Here B abets by instigation the
    apprehension of C.

    Explanation 2.–Whoever, either prior to or at the time of
    the commission of an act, does anything in order to facilitate the
    commission of that act, and thereby facilitates the commission
    thereof, is said to aid the doing of that act.”

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    In terms of Section 45 of the BNS, a person is said to have

    abeted doing of a thing, if a person would instigate any person to

    do a particular thing or engages with one or more person in a

    conspiracy for doing that thing or intentionally aid by an act or

    illegal omission for doing that thing. If the complaint so registered,

    the statements recorded and the charge sheet drawn against the

    accused are noticed, they prima facie meet the ingredients of

    abetment as obtaining under Section 45 of the BNS supra.

    14. It is now germane to notice the judicial canvass of

    whether prima facie ingredients of the offence under Section 45 of

    the BNS/107 of the IPC are met.

    JUDICIAL CANVASS:

    15. The Apex Court in the case of RAJEEV KOURAV v.

    BAISAHAB1, has held as follows:

    “…. …. ….

    6. The High Court summoned the record of investigation
    and perused the statements recorded by the appellant and his
    family members under Section 161 CrPC. The High Court held
    that statements recorded under Section 161 CrPC would show
    that Respondent 1 is a quarrelsome lady who has threatened

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    the appellant’s family of false implication in a criminal case. The
    High Court observed that none of the persons whose statements
    under Section 161 CrPC were recorded have mentioned about
    the complaint of the deceased and that she was thinking of
    committing suicide due to the harassment of Respondents 1 to

    3. The High Court recorded a finding that RamsharanKourav, the
    uncle of the deceased, has stated in his statement under
    Section 161 that the deceased informed him that she is unable
    to bear the torture of Respondents 1 to 3 and was thinking of
    putting an end to her life.

    7. The High Court observed that the allegations made
    against Respondents 1 to 3 at the most constitute an offence
    under Section 506 IPC for criminal intimidation. Read as a
    whole, the allegations made against Respondents 1 to 3 did not
    make out an offence under Sections 306/34 IPC. The High Court
    further held that ingredients of Section 107 IPC are also not
    satisfied. In that view, the petition filed by Respondents 1 to 3
    for quashing the criminal proceeding was allowed.

    8. It is no more res integra that exercise of power
    under Section 482 CrPC to quash a criminal proceeding is
    only when an allegation made in the FIR or the charge-
    sheet constitutes the ingredients of the offence/offences
    alleged. Interference by the High Court under Section 482
    CrPC is to prevent the abuse of process of any court or
    otherwise to secure the ends of justice. It is settled law
    that the evidence produced by the accused in his defence
    cannot be looked into by the court, except in very
    exceptional circumstances, at the initial stage of the
    criminal proceedings. It is trite law that the High Court
    cannot embark upon the appreciation of evidence while
    considering the petition filed under Section 482 CrPC for
    quashing criminal proceedings. It is clear from the law
    laid down by this Court that if a prima facie case is made
    out disclosing the ingredients of the offence alleged
    against the accused, the Court cannot quash a criminal
    proceeding.

    9. Mr Shoeb Alam, learned counsel appearing for
    Respondents 1 to 3, relied upon several judgments of this Court
    to submit that allegations only disclose a case of harassment
    meted out to the deceased. The ingredients of Sections 306 and
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    107 IPC have not been made out. It is submitted that there is
    nothing on record to show that the respondents have abetted
    the commission of suicide by the deceased. He further argued
    that abetment as defined under Section 107 IPC is
    instigation which is missing in the complaint made by the
    appellant. He further argued that if the allegations
    against Respondents 1 to 3 are not prima facie made out,
    there is no reason why they should face a criminal trial.

    10. We do not agree with the submissions made on
    behalf of Respondents 1 to 3. The conclusion of the High
    Court to quash the criminal proceedings is on the basis of
    its assessment of the statements recorded under Section
    161
    CrPC. Statements of witnesses recorded under
    Section 161 CrPC being wholly inadmissible in evidence
    cannot be taken into consideration by the Court, while
    adjudicating a petition filed under Section 482 CrPC
    [Rajendra Singh v. State of U.P., (2007) 7 SCC 378 :

    (2007) 3 SCC (Cri) 375] .

    11. Moreover, the High Court was aware that one of the
    witnesses mentioned that the deceased informed him about the
    harassment meted out by Respondents 1 to 3 which she was not
    able to bear and hence wanted to commit suicide. The High
    Court committed an error in quashing criminal
    proceedings by assessing the statements under Section
    161
    CrPC.”

    15.1. The Apex Court in the case of MAHENDRA K.C. v.

    STATE OF KARNATAKA2, has held as follows:

    “…. …. ….

    16. On reading the judgment [L. Bheema Naik v. State of
    Karnataka
    , 2020 SCC OnLine Kar 3395] of the Single Judge, it
    would appear that the Single Judge has failed to notice the
    distinction between a petition for quashing under Section 482
    (which was being considered) and a criminal trial or an appeal

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    against a conviction on a charge under Section 306. The Single
    Judge has transgressed the limits of the jurisdiction under
    Section 482 CrPC. The judgment is replete with hypotheses and
    surmises on the basis of which the Single Judge has reached an
    inference on facts. The Single Judge has tested the veracity of
    the allegations in the criminal complaint and in the suicide note
    left behind by the deceased without having the benefit of an
    evidentiary record which would be collected during the trial. At
    the stage when the High Court considers a petition for
    quashing under Section 482 CrPC, the test to be applied is
    whether the allegations in the complaint as they stand,
    without adding or detracting from the complaint, prima
    facie establish the ingredients of the offence alleged. At
    this stage, the High Court cannot test the veracity of the
    allegations nor for that matter can it proceed in the
    manner that a Judge conducting a trial would, on the
    basis of the evidence collected during the course of trial.
    The High Court in the present case has virtually proceeded to
    hold a trial, substituting its own perception for what it believed
    should or should not have been the normal course of human
    behaviour. This is clearly impermissible.

    17. The complaint in the present case on the basis of
    which the FIR was registered contains a detailed account of:

    (i) The knowledge of the deceased in regard to the
    illegal activities of the accused;

    (ii) The accused having used the deceased’s bank
    account for transfer of funds to his relatives;

    (iii) The deceased having been threatened by the
    accused and by his “house car driver” with death;

    and

    (iv) The recovery of the suicide note which was also
    uploaded on the Facebook account of the deceased.

    The suicide note in turn provides a detailed account of–

    (a) The wealth amassed by the second respondent-
    accused who was an SLAO, worth over Rs 100
    crores;

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    (b) The second respondent-accused having converted
    approximately Rs 100 crores into currency notes of
    various denominations;

    (c) The knowledge of the deceased with respect the
    illegal activities of the accused;

    (d) The accused having used the deceased for the
    conversion of currency notes amounting to over Rs
    75 crores;

    (e) The payment of the salary of the deceased, who was
    a driver having been stopped for three months;

    (f) A threat of murder being administered to the
    deceased following a shortage in the currency; and

    (g) The deceased having decided to end his life by
    consuming poison, having suffered at the hands of
    the accused.

    18. In this backdrop, it is impossible on a judicious
    purview of the contents of the complaint and the suicide note for
    a judicial mind to arrive at a conclusion that a case for quashing
    the FIR had been established. In arriving at that conclusion, the
    Single Judge has transgressed the well-settled limitations on the
    exercise of the powers under Section 482 CrPC and has
    encroached into a territory which is reserved for a criminal trial.

    19. The High Court has the power under Section
    482
    to issue such orders as are necessary to prevent the
    abuse of legal process or otherwise, to secure the ends of
    justice. The law on the exercise of power under Section
    482
    to quash an FIR is well-settled. In State of
    Orissa v. Saroj Kumar Sahoo [State of Orissa
    v. Saroj Kumar
    Sahoo, (2005) 13 SCC 540 : (2006) 2 SCC (Cri) 272] , a two-
    Judge Bench of this Court, observed that : (SCC pp. 547-48,
    para 8)

    “8. … While exercising the powers under the
    section, the court does not function as a court of
    appeal or revision. Inherent jurisdiction under the
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    section though wide has to be exercised sparingly,
    carefully and with caution and only when such
    exercise is justified by the tests specifically laid
    down in
    the section itself. It is to be exercised ex
    debito justitiae to do real and substantial justice for the
    administration of which alone the courts exist. Authority
    of the court exists for advancement of justice and if any
    attempt is made to abuse that authority so as to
    produce injustice, the court has power to prevent abuse.
    It would be an abuse of process of the court to allow any
    action which would result in injustice and prevent
    promotion of justice. In exercise of the powers the
    court would be justified to quash any proceeding if
    it finds that initiation/continuance of it amounts to
    abuse of the process of court or quashing of these
    proceedings would otherwise serve the ends of
    justice. When no offence is disclosed by the
    report, the court may examine the question of
    fact. When a report is sought to be quashed, it is
    permissible to look into the materials to assess
    what the report has alleged and whether any
    offence is made out even if the allegations are
    accepted in toto.”

    20. These principles emanate from the decisions of this
    Court in State of Haryana v. Bhajan Lal [State of
    Haryana
    v. Bhajan Lal, 1992 Supp (1) SCC 335 : 1992 SCC (Cri)
    426] and State of M.P. v. Surendra Kori [State of
    M.P. v. Surendra Kori, (2012) 10 SCC 155 : (2012) 4 SCC (Civ)
    921 : (2013) 1 SCC (Cri) 247 : (2012) 2 SCC (L&S) 940] .

    In Surendra Kori [State of M.P. v. Surendra Kori, (2012) 10 SCC
    155 : (2012) 4 SCC (Civ) 921 : (2013) 1 SCC (Cri) 247 : (2012)
    2 SCC (L&S) 940] , this Court observed : (Surendra Kori
    case [State of M.P. v. Surendra Kori, (2012) 10 SCC 155 :

    (2012) 4 SCC (Civ) 921 : (2013) 1 SCC (Cri) 247 : (2012) 2
    SCC (L&S) 940] , SCC p. 163, para 14)

    “14. The High Court in exercise of its powers
    under Section 482 CrPC does not function as a
    court of appeal or revision. This Court has, in
    several judgments, held that the inherent
    jurisdiction under Section 482 CrPC, though wide,
    has to be used sparingly, carefully and with
    caution. The High Court, under Section 482 CrPC,
    should normally refrain from giving a prima facie
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    decision in a case where the entire facts are
    incomplete and hazy, more so when the evidence
    has not been collected and produced before the
    Court and the issues involved, whether factual or
    legal, are of wide magnitude and cannot be seen in
    their true perspective without sufficient material.”

    21. In Bhajan Lal [State of Haryana v. Bhajan Lal, 1992
    Supp (1) SCC 335 : 1992 SCC (Cri) 426] , this Court laid down
    the principles for the exercise of the jurisdiction by the High
    Court in exercise of its powers under Section 482 CrPC to quash
    an FIR. Ratnavel Pandian, J. laid down the limits on the exercise
    of the power under Section 482 CrPC for quashing the FIR and
    observed : (SCC pp. 378-79, para 102)

    “102. In the backdrop of the interpretation of the
    various relevant provisions of the Code under Chapter
    XIV and of the principles of law enunciated by this Court
    in a series of decisions relating to the exercise of the
    extraordinary power under Article 226 or the inherent
    powers under Section 482 CrPC which we have
    extracted and reproduced above, we give the following
    categories of cases by way of illustration wherein such
    power could be exercised either to prevent abuse of the
    process of any court or otherwise to secure the ends of
    justice, though it may not be possible to lay down any
    precise, clearly defined and sufficiently channelised and
    inflexible guidelines or rigid formulae and to give an
    exhaustive list of myriad kinds of cases wherein such
    power should be exercised.

    (1) Where the allegations made in the first
    information report or the complaint, even if they are
    taken at their face value and accepted in their entirety
    do not prima facie constitute any offence or make out a
    case against the accused.

    (2) Where the allegations in the first information
    report and other materials, if any, accompanying the FIR
    do not disclose a cognizable offence, justifying an
    investigation by police officers under Section 156(1)
    CrPC except under an order of a Magistrate within the
    purview of Section 155(2) CrPC.

    (3) Where the uncontroverted allegations made
    in the FIR or complaint and the evidence collected in
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    support of the same do not disclose the commission of
    any offence and make out a case against the accused.

    (4) Where, the allegations in the FIR do not
    constitute a cognizable offence but constitute only a
    non-cognizable offence, no investigation is permitted by
    a police officer without an order of a Magistrate as
    contemplated under Section 155(2) CrPC.

    (5) Where the allegations made in the FIR or
    complaint are so absurd and inherently improbable on
    the basis of which no prudent person can ever reach a
    just conclusion that there is sufficient ground for
    proceeding against the accused.

    (6) Where there is an express legal bar engrafted
    in any of the provisions of the Code or the Act concerned
    (under which a criminal proceeding is instituted) to the
    institution and continuance of the proceedings and/or
    where there is a specific provision in the Code or the
    concerned Act, providing efficacious redress for the
    grievance of the aggrieved party.

    (7) Where a criminal proceeding is manifestly
    attended with mala fide and/or where the proceeding is
    maliciously instituted with an ulterior motive for
    wreaking vengeance on the accused and with a view to
    spite him due to private and personal grudge.”

    The judgment in Bhajan Lal [State of Haryana v. Bhajan
    Lal
    , 1992 Supp (1) SCC 335 : 1992 SCC (Cri) 426] has been
    recently relied on by this Court in State of
    Telangana v. Managipet [State of Telangana
    v. Managipet,
    (2019) 19 SCC 87 : (2020) 3 SCC (Cri) 702] .

    22. Based on the above precedent, the High Court
    while exercising its power under Section 482 CrPC to
    quash the FIR instituted against the second respondent-
    accused should have applied the following two tests : (i)
    whether the allegations made in the complaint, prima
    facie constitute an offence; and (ii) whether the
    allegations are so improbable that a prudent man would
    not arrive at the conclusion that there is sufficient ground
    to proceed with the complaint. Before proceeding further, it
    is imperative to briefly discuss the law on the abetment of
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    suicide to determine if a prima facie case under Section 306 IPC
    has been made out against the respondent-accused.

    23. Section 306 IPC provides for punishment of the
    abetment of suicide:

    “306. Abetment of suicide.–If any person
    commits suicide, whoever abets the commission of such
    suicide, shall be punished with imprisonment of either
    description for a term which may extend to ten years,
    and shall also be liable to fine.”

    Section 107 IPC defines the expression “abetment”:

    “107. Abetment of a thing.–A person abets
    the doing of a thing, who–

    First.–Instigates any person to do that thing; or

    Secondly.–Engages with one or more other
    person or persons in any conspiracy for the doing of that
    thing, if an act or illegal omission lakes place in
    pursuance of that conspiracy, and in order to the doing
    of that thing; or

    Thirdly.–Intentionally aids, by any act or illegal
    omission, the doing of that thing.

    Explanation 1.–A person who by wilful
    misrepresentation, or by wilful concealment of a
    material fact which he is bound to disclose, voluntarily
    causes or procures, or attempts to cause or procure, a
    thing to be done, is said to instigate the doing of that
    thing.”

    24. The essence of abetment lies in instigating a person
    to do a thing or the intentional doing of that thing by an act or
    illegal omission. In Ramesh Kumar v. State of
    Chhattisgarh [Ramesh Kumar
    v. State of Chhattisgarh, (2001) 9
    SCC 618 : 2002 SCC (Cri) 1088] , a three-Judge Bench of this
    Court, speaking through R.C. Lahoti, J. (as the learned Chief
    Justice then was), observed : (SCC p. 629, para 20)

    “20. Instigation is to goad, urge forward,
    provoke, incite or encourage to do “an act”. To satisfy
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    the requirement of instigation though it is not necessary
    that actual words must be used to that effect or what
    constitutes instigation must necessarily and specifically
    be suggestive of the consequence. Yet a reasonable
    certainty to incite the consequence must be capable of
    being spelt out. The present one is not a case where the
    accused had by his acts or omission or by a continued
    course of conduct created such circumstances that the
    deceased was left with no other option except to commit
    suicide in which case an instigation may have been
    inferred. A word uttered in the fit of anger or emotion
    without intending the consequences to actually follow
    cannot be said to be instigation.”

    25. A two-Judge Bench of this Court in Chitresh Kumar
    Chopra v. State (NCT of Delhi) [Chitresh Kumar Chopra v. State
    (NCT of Delhi), (2009) 16 SCC 605 : (2010) 3 SCC (Cri) 367] ,
    speaking through D.K. Jain, J., observed : (SCC pp. 611-12,
    paras 19-20)

    “19. As observed in Ramesh Kumar [Ramesh
    Kumar v. State of Chhattisgarh
    , (2001) 9 SCC 618 :

    2002 SCC (Cri) 1088] , where the accused by his acts or
    by a continued course of conduct creates such
    circumstances that the deceased was left with no other
    option except to commit suicide, an “instigation” may be
    inferred. In other words, in order to prove that the
    accused abetted commission of suicide by a person, it
    has to be established that:

    (i) the accused kept on irritating or annoying the
    deceased by words, deeds or wilful omission or conduct
    which may even be a wilful silence until the deceased
    reacted or pushed or forced the deceased by his deeds,
    words or wilful omission or conduct to make the
    deceased move forward more quickly in a forward
    direction; and

    (ii) that the accused had the intention to
    provoke, urge or encourage the deceased to commit
    suicide while acting in the manner noted above.

    Undoubtedly, presence of mens rea is the necessary
    concomitant of instigation.

    20. In the background of this legal position, we
    may advert to the case at hand. The question as to what
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    is the cause of a suicide has no easy answers because
    suicidal ideation and behaviours in human beings are
    complex and multifaceted. Different individuals in the
    same situation react and behave differently because of
    the personal meaning they add to each event, thus
    accounting for individual vulnerability to suicide. Each
    individual’s suicidality pattern depends on his inner
    subjective experience of mental pain, fear and loss of
    self-respect. Each of these factors are crucial and
    exacerbating contributor to an individual’s vulnerability
    to end his own life, which may either be an attempt for
    self-protection or an escapism from intolerable self.”

    (emphasis in original)

    26. This has been reiterated in the decision in Amalendu
    Pal v. State of W.B. [Amalendu Pal v. State of W.B., (2010) 1
    SCC 707 : (2010) 1 SCC (Cri) 896] , where it has been
    observed : (SCC p. 712, para 12)

    “12. … It is also to be borne in mind that in cases
    of alleged abetment of suicide there must be proof of
    direct or indirect acts of incitement to the commission of
    suicide. Merely on the allegation of harassment without
    there being any positive action proximate to the time of
    occurrence on the part of the accused which led or
    compelled the person to commit suicide, conviction in
    terms of Section 306 IPC is not sustainable.”

    (See also in this context the judgments in Praveen
    Pradhan v. State of Uttaranchal [Praveen Pradhan v. State of
    Uttaranchal, (2012) 9 SCC 734 : (2013) 1 SCC (Cri) 146]
    , VaijnathKondibaKhandke v. State of
    Maharashtra [VaijnathKondibaKhandke v. State of Maharashtra,
    (2018) 7 SCC 781 : (2018) 3 SCC (Cri) 362] , M.
    Arjunan v. State [M. Arjunan v. State, (2019) 3 SCC 315 :

    (2019) 2 SCC (Cri) 219] , Ude Singh v. State of Haryana [Ude
    Singh v. State of Haryana, (2019) 17 SCC 301 : (2020) 3 SCC
    (Cri) 306] , Rajesh v. State of Haryana [Rajesh v. State of
    Haryana, (2020) 15 SCC 359 : (2020) 4 SCC (Cri) 75]
    and Gurcharan Singh v. State of Punjab [Gurcharan
    Singh v. State of Punjab, (2020) 10 SCC 200 : (2021) 1 SCC
    (Cri) 417] . These decisions have been recently referred to in
    the judgment of this Court in Arnab Manoranjan
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    Goswami v. State of Maharashtra [Arnab Manoranjan
    Goswami v. State of Maharashtra, (2021) 2 SCC 427 : (2021) 1
    SCC (Cri) 834] ).

    27. While adjudicating on an application under Section
    482
    CrPC, the High Court in the present case travelled far away
    from the parameters for the exercise of the jurisdiction.
    Essentially, the task before the High Court was to
    determine whether the allegations made in the first
    information report or the complaint, even if they are
    taken at their face value and accepted in their entirety
    did or did not prima facie constitute an offence or make
    out a case against the accused.

    28. Instead of applying this settled principle, the
    High Court has proceeded to analyse from its own
    perspective the veracity of the allegations. It must be
    emphasised that this is not a case where the High Court
    has arrived at a conclusion that the allegations in the FIR
    or the complaint are so absurd and inherently improbable
    on the basis of which no prudent person could ever reach
    a just conclusion that there is sufficient ground for
    proceeding against the accused. Nor is this a case where
    the criminal proceeding is manifestly mala fide or has
    been instituted with an ulterior motive of taking
    vengeance on the accused. On the contrary, the specific
    allegations in the FIR and in the complaint find due
    reflection in the suicide note and establish a prima facie
    case for abetment of suicide within the meaning of
    Sections 306 and 107 IPC.The entire judgment [L.
    Bheema Naik v. State of Karnataka
    , 2020 SCC OnLine Kar
    3395] of the High Court consists of a litany of surmises
    and conjectures and such an exercise is beyond the
    domain of proceeding under Section 482 CrPC. The High
    Court has proceeded to scrutinise what has been
    disclosed during the investigation, ignoring that the
    investigation had been stayed by an interim order of the
    High Court, during the pendency of the proceedings under
    Section 482.

    29. The High Court observed that a prima facie case
    for the commission of offence under Section 306 IPC is
    not made out since : (i) the suicide note does not
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    describe the specific threats; (ii) details of the alleged
    demand of Rs 8 lakhs from the deceased by the
    respondent-accused are not set out in the suicide note;
    and (iii) no material to corroborate the allegations
    detailed in the suicide note has been unearthed by the
    investigating agency. The High Court observed that since
    the deceased took considerable time to write a twelve
    page suicide note, “it would have been but natural for the
    author to set out the details”. The High Court has
    evidently travelled far beyond the limits of its inherent
    power under Section 482 CrPC since instead of
    determining whether on a perusal of the complaint, a
    prima facie case is made out, it has analysed the
    sufficiency of the evidence with reference to the suicide
    note and has commented upon and made strong
    observations on the suicide note itself.

    30. Paras 32, 33, 34 and 39 of the order [L. Bheema
    Naik v. State of Karnataka
    , 2020 SCC OnLine Kar 3395] of the
    High Court are extracted below : (L. Bheema Naik case [L.
    Bheema Naik v. State of Karnataka
    , 2020 SCC OnLine Kar 3395]
    , SCC OnLine Kar)

    “32. In Para 21 [of the suicide/death note] [Ed. :

    As per para 31 of the impugned judgment of the High
    Court in L. Bheema Naik case, it is recorded as
    follows:”… The deceased has written a detailed death
    note consisting of 21 numbered and one unnumbered
    paragraphs. Out of 22 paragraphs, 20 paragraphs
    pertain to alleged dealings and the only probable portion
    of the death note, which could be relied upon to
    establish the culpability of the petitioner are Para 21….”]
    , a bald statement is made stating that because he is
    aware of all the above transaction, he was given a death
    threat. In the next sentence, he states that he has been
    psychologically/emotionally in trouble and hence, he is
    consuming poison and that the petitioner and his driver
    alone are responsible. For a person, who has detailed 20
    transactions, it can be prudently expected of such a
    person to give details of the threat.

    33. In the next unnumbered paragraph, a totally
    different story/note is set out as a reason for the
    petitioner threatening the deceased. In the unnumbered
    paragraph, he states that there was shortage in the cash
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    to the tune of Rs 8 lakhs and that the petitioner
    suspected him as being responsible for the same and
    hence, threatened him that if the deceased did not
    repay said Rs 8 lakhs, he would have the deceased killed
    at the hands of rowdies. Thereafter, in the next
    sentence he states that in view of the same, he has
    decided to consume poison and that the petitioner and
    his driver are responsible for the same.

    34. In Para 20 [of the suicide/death note], the
    deceased holds the petitioner responsible for withholding
    the salary for the last three months. The other
    paragraphs including Para 20 [of the suicide/death note]
    detail the properties said to have been amassed by the
    petitioner and other illegal transactions. After having
    perused and scrutinised the death note, a query was put
    to the learned High Court Government Pleader and the
    counsel appearing on behalf of 2nd respondent as to
    whether the investigation has thrown up any material
    that corroborates any of the allegations set out in the
    death note. The learned High Court Government Pleader
    would fairly submit that they have not been able
    unearth any material to corroborate any of the
    allegations.

    ***

    39. As discussed above, the death note contains
    no incriminating statement or material except for a bald
    and vague statement but that the accused had
    threatened him. Even the complaint does not disclose
    any details of the alleged threat nor does the complaint
    state that the deceased had on multiple occasions
    complained of having received threats from accused.
    Even the allegation of the demand for repayment of Rs 8
    lakhs rings hollow as neither the prosecution nor the de
    facto complainant have been able to place an iota of
    material that the deceased was or had in fact been in
    possession of huge sum of money.”

    Further, the observation of the High Court that there
    is no material to corroborate the allegations made in the
    suicide note is erroneous since it is not a consideration
    for the High Court while exercising its power under
    Section 482 CrPC, particularly in view of the fact that the
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    trial has not begun and the Single Judge had stayed the
    investigation in the criminal complaint.

    31. The Single Judge, other than deciding on the merits
    of the case while exercising the power under Section 482 CrPC,
    has also made observations diminishing the importance of
    mental health. The mental health of a person cannot be
    compressed into a one-size-fits-all approach. In para 37 of the
    impugned judgment [L. Bheema Naik v. State of Karnataka,
    2020 SCC OnLine Kar 3395] , the Single Judge observed : (L.
    Bheema Naik
    case [L. Bheema Naik v. State of Karnataka, 2020
    SCC OnLine Kar 3395] , SCC OnLine Kar)

    “37. It is not the case of the deceased that the
    accused had deprived him of his wealth or have
    committed acts that have shattered his hopes in life or
    separated him from his family and friends.”

    The Single Judge then makes the following observation in
    paras 41 and 43 : (L. Bheema Naik case [L. Bheema
    Naik v. State of Karnataka
    , 2020 SCC OnLine Kar 3395] , SCC
    OnLine Kar)

    “41. … It is not the case of the prosecution that
    the deceased was running away from or escaping the
    petitioner or his henchmen, but as is his habit, to visit
    his parents and to spend time with his friends. If the
    deceased had really felt threatened, he would have
    definitely approached the police. It is not that he was
    naive or not worldly-wise. If his employment with the
    petitioner was true, then the Police Commissionerate
    was only a stone’s throw away. It is not that the
    deceased was a weakling. The deceased by profession,
    is a driver. A profession where, accidents causing loss of
    life and limb are a daily occurrence and every driver is
    aware that he could be involved in an accident at any
    time.

    ***

    43. His act of attending a relatives marriage in a
    different town and his interacting with friends and
    relatives are all actions of a normal person and not of a
    person under severe duress. The contention that this
    criminal case would jeopardise his career progression
    also cannot be brushed aside. It is also not forthcoming
    as to how he sourced the poison.”

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    32. The Single Judge has termed a person who decided to
    commit suicide a “weakling” and has also made observations on
    how the behaviour of the deceased before he committed suicide
    was not that of a person who is depressed and suffering from
    mental health issues. Behavioural scientists have initiated the
    discourse on the heterogeneity of every individual and have
    challenged the traditional notion of “all humans behave alike”.
    Individual personality differences manifest as a variation in the
    behaviour of people. Therefore, how an individual copes up with
    a threat–both physical and emotional, expressing (or refraining
    to express) love, loss, sorrow and happiness, varies greatly in
    view of the multi-faceted nature of the human mind and
    emotions. Thus, the observations describing the manner in
    which a depressed person ought to have behaved deeply
    diminishes the gravity of mental health issues.

    33. The High Court by its order [L. Bheema
    Naik v. State of Karnataka
    , 2020 SCC OnLine Kar 3395]
    has prevented the completion of the investigation in the
    complaint registered as Crime No. 565 of 2016 pending
    on the file of the IInd Additional Civil Judge (Junior
    Division) and JMFC Court, Maddur, Mandya District. The
    alleged suicide is of a person who was working as a
    driver of a Special Land Acquisition Officer, who is a
    public servant and against whom serious and grave
    allegations of amassing wealth disproportionate to the
    known sources of income were made by the deceased.
    The suicide note contains a detailed account of the role of
    the accused in the events which led to the deceased
    committing suicide. These are matters of investigation
    and possibly trial. The High Court stalled the
    investigation by granting an interim order of stay. If the
    investigation had been allowed to proceed, there would
    have been a revelation of material facts which would aid
    in the trial, for the alleged offence against the second
    respondent.”

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    15.2. The Apex Court in the case of SHAKUNTLA DEVI v.

    STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH3, has held as follows:

    “…. …. ….

    8. The most relevant statement for consideration is
    that of PW-3, Sandeep Kumar, younger brother of the
    deceased who was aged around 17 years at the time of
    incident and was with the deceased in the days leading up
    to the incident. He has stated that on 01.05.1998, he had
    accompanied his deceased sister to her matrimonial home
    and stayed with her for the following days. It has been
    stated by him that on the day of the incident, in the
    forenoon of 04.05.1998, his deceased sister had cooked
    rice and the appellant abused the deceased about the way
    the rice was cooked, then threw the food cooked by the
    deceased. Thereafter, on the same day again at about
    4.30/5.00 p.m., the appellant-accused abused the
    deceased. At the time, there was no one else in the house
    except PW-3, the deceased and the accused. Thereafter,
    PW-3 was sent by the accused to call Raju. When PW-3
    came back to her sister’s house, he saw that the accused
    was shouting that her daughter-in-law, i.e. the deceased,
    had consumed something. Then, the appellant along with
    three other persons carried the deceased to the hospital
    while PW-3 was asked to stay back at the house and was
    not allowed to accompany his sister. PW-3 further deposed
    that when his brother-in-law and other persons came back
    from the hospital, they told him that his sister has died.

    9. It has been noted by the Trial Court that this
    young witness of 17 years has narrated the entire facts in
    a very natural way. This fact has not gone unnoticed by us
    as well as that PW-3 has given an account of events in a
    very natural manner that does not seem exaggerated or
    untruthful in any manner. In fact, the said witness has also

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    been very honest about his lack of knowledge regarding
    the administration of poison to his sister and has clearly
    stated that he was not an eyewitness to the exact act and,
    thus, has made no statement unnecessarily alleging that
    the accused herself had administered such poison to the
    deceased which caused her death. There is an element of
    honesty and fairness in PW-3’s statement throughout
    which lends it much credibility.

    10. Additionally, it must be noted that on a conjoint
    reading of the statements of PW-1 and PW-2 as well as the
    FIR wherein PW-1 was the complainant, it becomes
    apparent that the family members of the deceased have
    been very precise in their allegations against the appellant.
    Beginning from the point of registration of the FIR and
    throughout the course of trial, it has been stated across
    that it was solely the mother-in-law of the accused, i.e. the
    appellant herein, who used to physically and verbally
    abuse the deceased with regard to demand for dowry. The
    specific demand that was made by the accused time and
    again has also remained the same throughout all the
    statements. It is one of the rare cases where the
    complainant has displayed honesty while making the
    allegations and has not unnecessarily implicated other
    family members of the husband of the deceased by making
    omnibus allegations against all of them, which is usually
    the adopted tactic in cases of similar nature. Even the
    husband of the deceased has not been roped in as a co-
    accused. This reflects on the overall conduct of the
    prosecution, which has been unusually fair and honest and,
    in the facts and circumstances of the case, there is no
    reason to disbelieve the prosecution story.

    11. The jurisprudence regarding the offence of
    abetment to suicide under Section 306 of the IPC is
    settled that the offence requires an active act or
    omission which led the deceased to commit suicide,
    and this act or omission must have been intended to
    push the deceased into committing suicide. The facts
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    of the case make it abundantly clear that the
    deceased was repeatedly tortured and abused by the
    accused on account of dowry demand to the extent
    that the deceased had to return to her parental
    home seeking refuge. It was only on the assurance
    of her parents that the deceased went back to her
    matrimonial home hoping that the events would take
    an upturn once her parents have returned from the
    wedding and settle the matter of dowry with the
    appellant-accused. However, the abuses hurled at
    the deceased by the appellant on the day of the
    incident, i.e. 04.05.1998, unfortunately acted as a
    straw that broke the camel’s back and led her to
    committing suicide. Therefore, given the factual
    matrix, the guilt of the appellant under
    Section 306 of the IPC has been proved beyond
    reasonable doubt.”

    (Emphasis supplied at each instance)

    The Apex Court in the afore-quoted judgments right from

    RAJEEV KOURAV to SHAKUNTLA DEVI has clearly delineated

    what would amount to ingredients of abetment for it to draw the

    offence under Section 306 of the IPC, which would be abetment to

    suicide. The Apex Court holds that the offence requires an active

    act or omission which led the deceased to commit suicide. The

    narration hereinabove would clearly indicate that the acts of all the

    accused put together led to a decision by the brother of the

    complainant to end his life. If this would not amount to abetment,
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    goading or being proximate to the commission of suicide, this Court

    fails to consider what can become a classic illustration albeit, prima

    facie.

    16. Insofar as the judgments relied on by the learned counsel

    for the petitioners, all of those are rendered qua the facts obtaining

    in those cases. It is trite law that judgments are not Euclid’s

    theorem to be blindly followed. They are rendered on the facts

    obtaining in each of those cases. Therefore, the law that is laid

    down should be seen in the light of the facts obtaining therein and

    if the facts obtaining in the case at hand are noticed, they prima

    facie make out the ingredients of abetment to suicide. In that light

    there is no warrant of interference in any of these cases. It is for

    the accused in these cases to come out clean in a full-blown trial.

    17. The petitions lacking in merit, stand rejected.

    Sd/-

    (M.NAGAPRASANNA)
    JUDGE
    nvj
    CT:MJ



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