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Unfaithful wife can be jailed if man ends life
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New Delhi: If a man kills himself because his wife is involved in an
illicit relationship, then the woman and her paramour could be
convicted for abetting the suicide, the Supreme Court has ruled.
A bench of justices Mukundakam Sharma and B S Chauhan rejected the
argument of a convict, Dammu Sreenu, that section 306 (abetment to
suicide) cannot be applied against him and the victim's wife. Bitra
Nagarjuna Rao of Andhra hanged himself on January 8, 1996, after
telling his brother he was committing suicide as he was humiliated by
his wife's affair with Sreenu.
On the basis of the deposition made by the relatives, the sessions
court, Guntur, convicted and sentenced Sreenu and Rao's wife to five
years' imprisonment. The Andhra HC confirmed the sentence for Sreenu.
Aggrieved, Sreenu moved the SC. But the apex court rejected the
argument saying the evidence on record clearly indicated that Sreenu
and Rao's wife were having an affair, because of which Rao committed
suicide. AGENCIES
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