Breaking the promise of marriage or breaking a relationship does not mean instigating suicide, know why the Supreme Court gave such a decision?

The Supreme Court said in a decision that breaking the promise of marriage or breaking up cannot be incitement to suicide. However, when such promises are broken, the person may become emotionally distressed. If he commits suicide due to emotional distress then no one else can be held responsible for it.

Saying this, the Supreme Court bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Ujjwal Bhuiyan has overturned a decision of the Karnataka High Court. The Karnataka High Court had convicted accused Kamruddin Dastagir Sanadi of cheating on his girlfriend and instigating her to commit suicide.

Actually, according to the FIR lodged by the mother, her 21 year old daughter was in love with the accused for 8 years. She committed suicide in August 2007 because the accused refused to fulfill his promise of marriage.

Accused Kamruddin Dastagir Sanadi was initially charged under IPC sections 417 (cheating), 306 (abetment of suicide) and 376 (rape). The High Court sentenced the accused to 5 years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 25 thousand. The accused challenged this decision in the Supreme Court.

On behalf of the Supreme Court bench, Justice Mithal wrote a 17-page judgment on this matter. The bench analyzed two statements of the woman before her death. It said that there was no allegation of physical relationship between the two, nor was there any deliberate attempt to commit suicide.