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‘Allegations of money demands don’t mean suicide abetment: Punjab High Court
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The Indian Express
On September 25, 2016, a family of four in Punjab killed themselves, with a suicide note blaming eight individuals over financial distress.
A decade later, a court has now said mere allegations of persistent money demands do not make for abetment.
“Mere allegations of persistent demands for repayment of money or harassment in connection with financial transactions, without anything more, do not by themselves satisfy the ingredients of ‘abetment’,” the court held.
A suicide note recovered from the spot mentioned that the family had borrowed money from eight people, including the petitioners.
The possibility of fabrication or interpolation in the suicide note cannot be ruled out, they said.