{"id":1281,"date":"2022-09-14T10:41:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T05:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/?p=1281"},"modified":"2026-10-25T20:45:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T15:15:54","slug":"legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/","title":{"rendered":"Section 306 IPC (Now Section 108 BNS): Abetment of Suicide \u2013 Text in English and Hindi, Punishment, Bail and What Must Be Proved"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code punished abetment of suicide: helping, pushing or provoking another person to end his or her own life. Since 1 July 2024 the same offence is <strong>Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS)<\/strong>, with the same words and the same punishment: imprisonment of either description for up to ten years, and fine. It is cognizable, non-bailable, not compoundable and triable by a Court of Session. Section 306 IPC still governs acts committed before 1 July 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Section 306 (now Section 108 BNS) applies only when a person has actually committed suicide and someone else &#8220;abetted&#8221; it in the legal sense: by instigating the person, by conspiring, or by intentionally aiding the act (Section 45 BNS, formerly Section 107 IPC). The Supreme Court has said many times that harassment, a quarrel or angry words are not enough on their own. There must be a clear intention, and a positive act close in time to the death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"clf-keyfacts\" style=\"border:1px solid #d9d2c5;background:#faf7f2;border-radius:6px;padding:14px 18px;margin:0 0 24px\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:700\">Section 306 IPC \/ Section 108 BNS at a glance<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:20px\">\n<li><strong>New section:<\/strong> Section 108 BNS (formerly Section 306 IPC), &#8220;Abetment of suicide&#8221;. The wording and punishment are unchanged.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Punishment:<\/strong> imprisonment of either description (simple or rigorous) for up to ten years, and fine (Section 108 BNS).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bailable or not:<\/strong> non-bailable. It is also cognizable, so the police may arrest without a warrant (BNSS First Schedule).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Court and compromise:<\/strong> triable by a Court of Session; not compoundable, because it is not listed in Section 359 BNSS (formerly Section 320 CrPC).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Abetment means:<\/strong> instigation, conspiracy or intentional aid (Section 45 BNS, formerly Section 107 IPC).<\/li>\n<li><strong>What courts require:<\/strong> clear intention (mens rea) and a positive act of instigation or aid close in time to the suicide. Harassment alone is not enough.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Married women:<\/strong> for a suicide within seven years of marriage after cruelty by the husband or his relatives, the court &#8220;may presume&#8221; abetment (Section 117 BSA, formerly Section 113A of the Evidence Act).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Child or person of unsound mind:<\/strong> abetting such a person&#8217;s suicide is a separate, graver offence, punishable up to death (Section 107 BNS, formerly Section 305 IPC).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Not murder:<\/strong> if the accused himself caused the death, the offence is culpable homicide or murder (Sections 100\u2013103 BNS), not Section 108.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Reviewed and updated by Century Law Firm, Delhi \u2013 October 2026. Statutory references are to the Acts as in force on that date. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 are quoted from their English texts on India Code (as on 6 October 2025) and their official Hindi texts on India Code, the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 from India Code (as on 1 August 2026), and the judgments from the Supreme Court&#8217;s own copies.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Section 108 BNS (formerly Section 306 IPC): the text in English and Hindi<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, headed &#8220;Abetment of suicide&#8221;, reads:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official Hindi text of the Act, \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924\u0940\u092f \u0928\u094d\u092f\u093e\u092f \u0938\u0902\u0939\u093f\u0924\u093e, 2023 (2023 \u0915\u093e \u0905\u0927\u093f\u0928\u093f\u092f\u092e \u0938\u0902\u0916\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0902\u0915 45), published on India Code, gives the section under the heading &#8220;\u0906\u0924\u094d\u092e\u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u093e \u0926\u0941\u0937\u094d\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0930\u0923&#8221; as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;108. \u092f\u0926\u093f \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0935\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f \u0906\u0924\u094d\u092e\u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u0924\u094b \u091c\u094b \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0910\u0938\u0940 \u0906\u0924\u094d\u092e\u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u093e \u0926\u0941\u0937\u094d\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0930\u0923 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u0935\u0939 \u0926\u094b\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0902\u0924\u093f \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u093e\u0935\u093e\u0938 \u0938\u0947, \u091c\u093f\u0938\u0915\u0940 \u0905\u0935\u0927\u093f \u0926\u0938 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937 \u0924\u0915 \u0915\u0940 \u0939\u094b \u0938\u0915\u0947\u0917\u0940, \u0926\u0923\u094d\u0921\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e\u090f\u0917\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u091c\u0941\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u092d\u0940 \u0926\u093e\u092f\u0940 \u0939\u094b\u0917\u093e \u0964&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Section 306 IPC used exactly the same words. &#8220;Imprisonment of either description&#8221; means simple or rigorous imprisonment, at the court&#8217;s choice. There is no minimum sentence. The words &#8220;shall also be liable to fine&#8221; mean that the convicted person can be fined in addition to imprisonment; the section fixes no amount. A short Hindi summary of this page is given further below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">306 IPC to BNS: what changed and which law applies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nothing changed in the offence itself. The firm&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-code-comparison-tool\/\">IPC to BNS comparison tool<\/a> records Section 108 BNS as corresponding to Section 306 IPC with &#8220;No change&#8221;. The BNS came into force on 1 July 2024 (notification S.O. 850(E) of 23 February 2024). Under Section 358 BNS the IPC is repealed, but the repeal does not affect a punishment incurred for an offence committed under it. Proceedings for such an offence &#8220;may be instituted, continued or enforced&#8221; as if the IPC had not been repealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In practice, an FIR for an act done before 1 July 2024 is registered and tried under Section 306 IPC, and one for an act done on or after that date under Section 108 BNS. The judgments below, decided under Section 306 IPC, apply equally to Section 108 BNS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do not confuse this with &#8220;BNS 306&#8221;. Section 306 of the BNS is a different offence: &#8220;Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master&#8221; (formerly Section 381 IPC). It is punishable with up to seven years and fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Punishment and classification: is 306 IPC bailable?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No. The First Schedule of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) lists Section 108 as &#8220;Imprisonment for 10 years and fine. Cognizable. Non-bailable. Court of Session.&#8221; Section 108 does not appear in either table of Section 359 BNSS, so the offence cannot be compounded (settled by compromise between the parties). &#8220;Non-bailable&#8221; means bail is not a right but in the court&#8217;s discretion (see below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Point<\/th><th>Section 108 BNS (formerly Section 306 IPC)<\/th><th>Where it comes from<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Punishment<\/td><td>Imprisonment of either description up to 10 years, and fine<\/td><td>Section 108 BNS<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cognizable?<\/td><td>Yes: the police may arrest without a warrant<\/td><td>BNSS First Schedule; Section 2(1)(g) BNSS<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bailable?<\/td><td>No: non-bailable<\/td><td>BNSS First Schedule<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Which court tries it?<\/td><td>Court of Session<\/td><td>BNSS First Schedule<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Compoundable?<\/td><td>No<\/td><td>Not listed in Section 359 BNSS (formerly Section 320 CrPC)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Anticipatory bail<\/td><td>Can be sought from the High Court or the Court of Session<\/td><td>Section 482 BNSS (formerly Section 438 CrPC)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What &#8220;abetment&#8221; means: Section 45 BNS (formerly Section 107 IPC)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Section 108 punishes whoever &#8220;abets&#8221; the suicide, and the meaning of abetment comes from Section 45 BNS. A person abets the doing of a thing who &#8220;(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.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the official Hindi text these are: &#8220;(\u0915) \u0909\u0938 \u092c\u093e\u0924 \u0915\u094b \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u0935\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f \u0915\u094b \u0909\u0915\u0938\u093e\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948&#8221; (instigation), &#8220;(\u0916) \u2026 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u0937\u0921\u094d\u092f\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u090f\u0915 \u092f\u093e \u0905\u0927\u093f\u0915 \u0905\u0928\u094d\u092f \u0935\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f \u092f\u093e \u0935\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u0938\u092e\u094d\u092e\u093f\u0932\u093f\u0924 \u0939\u094b\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948&#8221; (conspiracy), and &#8220;(\u0917) \u0909\u0938 \u092c\u093e\u0924 \u0915\u094b \u0915\u093f\u090f \u091c\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092f \u092f\u093e \u0905\u0935\u0948\u0927 \u0932\u094b\u092a \u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0930\u093e \u091c\u093e\u0928\u092c\u0942\u091d\u0915\u0930 \u0938\u0939\u093e\u092f\u0924\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948&#8221; (intentional aid).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Explanation 1 treats wilful misrepresentation or wilful concealment of a material fact which the person is bound to disclose as instigation, and Explanation 2 treats doing anything &#8220;in order to facilitate&#8221; the act, which then facilitates it, as aiding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So abetment is not &#8220;assisting in any manner&#8221;. It is one of three specific things, each with a mental element, which is why the courts insist on intention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What the prosecution must prove under Section 108 BNS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four things must be proved: a suicide; abetment by instigation, conspiracy or intentional aid; intention (mens rea); and a link close in time between the act and the suicide. The Supreme Court judgments below, all decided under Section 306 IPC, explain each point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"clf-figure clf-ig\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;padding:14px 12px;border:1px solid #e3e3e3;border-radius:6px;background:#fff\">\n<style>.entry-content .clf-ig,.entry-content .clf-ig *{box-sizing:border-box}.entry-content .clf-ig{max-width:100%;overflow:hidden}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-title{display:block;font-weight:700;color:#1f2d3d;font-size:1em;line-height:1.35;margin:0 0 4px;text-align:center;overflow-wrap:anywhere}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-sub{display:block;font-size:.82em;line-height:1.4;color:#555;margin:0 0 12px;text-align:center;overflow-wrap:anywhere}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-grid{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(min(160px,100%),1fr));gap:10px;margin:0 0 10px}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-grid2{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(min(240px,100%),1fr));gap:10px;margin:0 0 10px}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-grid3{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(min(200px,100%),1fr));gap:10px;margin:0 0 10px}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-box{min-width:0;background:#faf7f2;border:1.5px solid #b9a98c;border-radius:8px;padding:10px 12px;font-size:.88em;line-height:1.45;color:#222;overflow-wrap:anywhere;word-break:normal;hyphens:auto;margin:0}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-h{display:block;font-weight:700;color:#1f2d3d;margin:0 0 3px;font-size:1.02em;overflow-wrap:anywhere}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-s{display:block;color:#6b5f4b;font-size:.86em;margin:4px 0 0}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-red{background:#fdeeee;border-color:#c98585}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-green{background:#eef6ee;border-color:#86a986}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-blue{background:#eef3fa;border-color:#8aa3c4}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-dark{background:#1f2d3d;border-color:#1f2d3d;color:#fff;text-align:center}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-dark .ig-h{color:#fff;font-size:1.15em}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-arrow{display:block;text-align:center;color:#8a7a5c;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1;margin:0 0 10px}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-label{display:block;text-align:center;font-weight:700;color:#1f2d3d;font-size:.9em;margin:0 0 6px;overflow-wrap:anywhere}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-step{display:inline-block;min-width:1.6em;padding:0 .35em;margin:0 .35em 0 0;border-radius:1em;background:#1f2d3d;color:#fff;font-size:.8em;text-align:center;line-height:1.6em}.entry-content .clf-ig ul.ig-list{margin:0;padding:0 0 0 1.1em;list-style:disc}.entry-content .clf-ig ul.ig-list li{margin:0 0 4px;padding:0;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.45}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-note{display:block;font-size:.8em;line-height:1.4;color:#555;margin:4px 0 0}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-cap{margin:10px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#555;overflow-wrap:anywhere}<\/style><span class=\"ig-title\">What the prosecution must prove under Section 108 BNS<\/span>\n<span class=\"ig-sub\">Formerly Section 306 IPC \u2013 all four points are needed<\/span>\n<div class=\"ig-grid\">\n<div class=\"ig-box\"><span class=\"ig-h\"><span class=\"ig-step\">1<\/span>A suicide<\/span>The person ended his or her own life. If someone else caused the death, Section 108 does not apply.<\/div>\n<div class=\"ig-box\"><span class=\"ig-h\"><span class=\"ig-step\">2<\/span>Abetment<\/span>Instigation, conspiracy or intentional aid by the accused (Section 45 BNS).<\/div>\n<div class=\"ig-box\"><span class=\"ig-h\"><span class=\"ig-step\">3<\/span>Intention<\/span>A clear mens rea to push the person to suicide. It cannot be assumed.<\/div>\n<div class=\"ig-box\"><span class=\"ig-h\"><span class=\"ig-step\">4<\/span>Proximity<\/span>A positive act close in time to the death, forming a chain with it.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<span class=\"ig-arrow\">\u2193<\/span>\n<div class=\"ig-grid2\">\n<div class=\"ig-box ig-red\"><span class=\"ig-h\">Usually not enough<\/span>Harassment alone, a quarrel, words said in anger, or a demand to repay a loan.<\/div>\n<div class=\"ig-box ig-green\"><span class=\"ig-h\">Can be enough<\/span>A continuous course of conduct that leaves the person no other option.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"ig-cap\">Prepared by Century Law Firm from Sections 45 and 108 BNS (India Code, as on 6 October 2025) and Supreme Court judgments decided under Section 306 IPC: Mahendra Awase (2025), Prakash (2024), Naresh Kumar (2024), Gurcharan Singh (2020) and Ude Singh (2019).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Clear intention and a positive act<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <em>Gurcharan Singh v. State of Punjab<\/em> (1 October 2020), setting aside a husband&#8217;s conviction, the Supreme Court held that &#8220;the ingredient of mens rea cannot be assumed to be ostensibly present but has to be visible and conspicuous.&#8221; The Court quoted its earlier judgment in <em>S.S. Chheena v. Vijay Kumar Mahajan<\/em> (2010): &#8220;Without a positive act on the part of the accused to instigate or aid in committing suicide, conviction cannot be sustained.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the Court recorded in <em>Mahendra Awase v. State of Madhya Pradesh<\/em> (17 January 2025), its earlier judgment in <em>Ramesh Kumar v. State of Chhattisgarh<\/em> (2001) explains instigation in these words: &#8220;Instigation is to goad, urge forward, provoke, incite or encourage to do &#8216;an act&#8217;.&#8221; Summing up the case law, the Court said the accused must have &#8220;created such circumstances that the deceased was left with no other option except to commit suicide.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. A link close in time (proximity)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <em>Prakash v. State of Maharashtra<\/em> (20 December 2024), a wife took her life more than a month after her husband and in-laws refused, at a &#8220;mahalokadalat&#8221; held in the court at Sangamner, to take her back. The Court held that the act and the suicide &#8220;must be in close proximity to each other so as to form a nexus or a chain&#8221;. On the facts, &#8220;a gap of over a month would be sufficient time to dissolve the nexus or the proximate link&#8221;. The Court discharged the husband and in-laws, holding that continuing the case would be &#8220;an abuse of process of law&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Harassment, quarrels and words said in anger<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Mere harassment is not sufficient to hold an accused guilty of abetting the commission of suicide,&#8221; the Court said in <em>Naresh Kumar v. State of Haryana<\/em> (22 February 2024), acquitting a husband whose wife had died by poison about eighteen months after marriage. In <em>Prakash<\/em> the Court quoted its judgment in <em>Jayedeepsinh Pravinsinh Chavda v. State of Gujarat<\/em> (2024) to the same effect: &#8220;Mere harassment, by itself, is not sufficient to find an accused guilty of abetting suicide.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Words spoken in a quarrel are treated the same way. As recorded in <em>Mahendra Awase<\/em>, <em>Ramesh Kumar<\/em> held that &#8220;a word uttered in the fit of anger or emotion without intending the consequences to actually follow&#8221; cannot be called instigation. The same judgment recorded that in <em>Swamy Prahaladdas v. State of M.P.<\/em> (1995) such words were described as &#8220;casual nature which are often employed in the heat of the moment between quarrelling people.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. A suicide note naming someone is not enough by itself<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <em>Mahendra Awase<\/em> the deceased left a note saying that the accused, who was recovering a loan for his employer, was harassing him. There were also recordings of heated calls about repayment. The Supreme Court found no grounds to frame a charge and discharged him, adding: &#8220;Section 306 IPC appears to be casually and too readily resorted to by the police.&#8221; Trial courts, it said, &#8220;should not adopt a play it safe syndrome&#8221; by mechanically framing charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. But a course of conduct can be instigation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The protection is not absolute. In <em>Ude Singh v. State of Haryana<\/em> (25 July 2019) the Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the adult accused, finding that &#8220;the incessant intimidation and insult of the innocent girl had been of instigation&#8221;. If the deceased was hypersensitive and the conduct would not ordinarily lead a person to suicide, &#8220;it may not be safe to hold the accused guilty&#8221;; but a &#8220;continuous course of conduct&#8221; leaving the person no other option may be abetment. The Court stressed that &#8220;each case is required to be dealt with on its own facts and circumstances.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Judgment (Supreme Court)<\/th><th>Point decided<\/th><th>Result<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><em>Mahendra Awase v. State of M.P.<\/em>, 17 Jan 2025, 2025 INSC 76 (Oka and Viswanathan, JJ.)<\/td><td>Loan-recovery calls and a suicide note naming the accused are not instigation without intention. Police and trial courts must not invoke the section mechanically.<\/td><td>Accused discharged<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>Prakash v. State of Maharashtra<\/em>, 20 Dec 2024, 2024 INSC 1020 (Gavai and Viswanathan, JJ.)<\/td><td>Proximity: a gap of over a month broke the link between the alleged act and the suicide.<\/td><td>Husband and in-laws discharged<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>Naresh Kumar v. State of Haryana<\/em>, 22 Feb 2024, [2024] 2 SCR 830 (Pardiwala and Misra, JJ.)<\/td><td>Harassment alone is not enough. The Section 113A presumption is discretionary.<\/td><td>Husband acquitted<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>Gurcharan Singh v. State of Punjab<\/em>, 1 Oct 2020 (Ramana, Surya Kant and Roy, JJ.)<\/td><td>Mens rea must be &#8220;visible and conspicuous&#8221;. A positive act of instigation or aid is required.<\/td><td>Conviction set aside<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>Ude Singh v. State of Haryana<\/em>, 25 Jul 2019 (Sapre and Maheshwari, JJ.)<\/td><td>Continuous intimidation and insult can amount to instigation. Each case depends on its facts.<\/td><td>Conviction upheld (adult accused)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abetment of suicide is not murder (&#8220;hatya ke liye uksana&#8221;)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many readers search for &#8220;hatya ke liye uksana dhara&#8221; or &#8220;marne ke liye uksana&#8221;. Section 108 BNS is about <strong>aatmhatya<\/strong> (suicide), where the person ends his or her own life. The accused only instigated, conspired or helped. If the accused himself caused the death, the offence is culpable homicide (Section 100 BNS, formerly Section 299 IPC) or murder (Sections 101 and 103 BNS, formerly Sections 300 and 302 IPC). See the firm&#8217;s guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/murder-and-culpable-homicide\/\">murder and culpable homicide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instigating another person to murder a third person (&#8220;hatya ke liye uksana&#8221; in the true sense) is abetment of murder, not an offence under Section 108. If the murder is committed in consequence, Section 49 BNS (formerly Section 109 IPC) punishes the abettor &#8220;with the punishment provided for the offence&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"clf-figure clf-ig\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;padding:14px 12px;border:1px solid #e3e3e3;border-radius:6px;background:#fff\">\n<style>.entry-content .clf-ig,.entry-content .clf-ig *{box-sizing:border-box}.entry-content .clf-ig{max-width:100%;overflow:hidden}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-title{display:block;font-weight:700;color:#1f2d3d;font-size:1em;line-height:1.35;margin:0 0 4px;text-align:center;overflow-wrap:anywhere}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-sub{display:block;font-size:.82em;line-height:1.4;color:#555;margin:0 0 12px;text-align:center;overflow-wrap:anywhere}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-grid{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(min(160px,100%),1fr));gap:10px;margin:0 0 10px}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-grid2{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(min(240px,100%),1fr));gap:10px;margin:0 0 10px}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-grid3{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(min(200px,100%),1fr));gap:10px;margin:0 0 10px}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-box{min-width:0;background:#faf7f2;border:1.5px solid #b9a98c;border-radius:8px;padding:10px 12px;font-size:.88em;line-height:1.45;color:#222;overflow-wrap:anywhere;word-break:normal;hyphens:auto;margin:0}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-h{display:block;font-weight:700;color:#1f2d3d;margin:0 0 3px;font-size:1.02em;overflow-wrap:anywhere}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-s{display:block;color:#6b5f4b;font-size:.86em;margin:4px 0 0}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-red{background:#fdeeee;border-color:#c98585}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-green{background:#eef6ee;border-color:#86a986}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-blue{background:#eef3fa;border-color:#8aa3c4}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-dark{background:#1f2d3d;border-color:#1f2d3d;color:#fff;text-align:center}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-dark .ig-h{color:#fff;font-size:1.15em}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-arrow{display:block;text-align:center;color:#8a7a5c;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1;margin:0 0 10px}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-label{display:block;text-align:center;font-weight:700;color:#1f2d3d;font-size:.9em;margin:0 0 6px;overflow-wrap:anywhere}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-step{display:inline-block;min-width:1.6em;padding:0 .35em;margin:0 .35em 0 0;border-radius:1em;background:#1f2d3d;color:#fff;font-size:.8em;text-align:center;line-height:1.6em}.entry-content .clf-ig ul.ig-list{margin:0;padding:0 0 0 1.1em;list-style:disc}.entry-content .clf-ig ul.ig-list li{margin:0 0 4px;padding:0;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.45}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-note{display:block;font-size:.8em;line-height:1.4;color:#555;margin:4px 0 0}.entry-content .clf-ig .ig-cap{margin:10px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#555;overflow-wrap:anywhere}<\/style><span class=\"ig-title\">Suicide, murder or dowry death: which section?<\/span>\n<span class=\"ig-sub\">Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (old IPC numbers in brackets)<\/span>\n<div class=\"ig-grid3\">\n<div class=\"ig-box ig-blue\"><span class=\"ig-h\">Section 108 (306 IPC)<\/span>A person took his or her own life and the accused abetted it.<span class=\"ig-s\">Up to 10 years and fine<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ig-box ig-blue\"><span class=\"ig-h\">Section 107 (305 IPC)<\/span>The person who took their life was a child, of unsound mind, delirious or intoxicated.<span class=\"ig-s\">Death, life, or up to 10 years, and fine<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ig-box\"><span class=\"ig-h\">Section 80 (304B IPC)<\/span>A woman&#8217;s death by burns, injury or otherwise than under normal circumstances within 7 years of marriage, after dowry cruelty soon before death.<span class=\"ig-s\">7 years to life<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ig-box ig-red\"><span class=\"ig-h\">Sections 101, 103 (300, 302 IPC)<\/span>The accused himself caused the death with the required intention or knowledge.<span class=\"ig-s\">Death or life, and fine<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ig-box ig-green\"><span class=\"ig-h\">Section 226 (new)<\/span>An attempt to commit suicide to compel or restrain a public servant.<span class=\"ig-s\">Up to 1 year simple jail, or fine, or both, or community service<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"ig-cap\">Prepared by Century Law Firm from Sections 80, 101, 103, 107, 108 and 226 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and the BNSS First Schedule (India Code, as on 6 October 2025).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Section 107 BNS (formerly Section 305 IPC): suicide of a child or person of unsound mind<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where the person who commits suicide is especially vulnerable, the law is much stricter. Section 107 BNS says: &#8220;If any child, any person of unsound mind, any delirious person or any person in a state of intoxication, commits suicide, whoever abets the commission of such suicide, shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.&#8221; A &#8220;child&#8221; is any person below eighteen (Section 2(3) BNS). The offence is cognizable, non-bailable and triable by a Court of Session (BNSS First Schedule). The BNS replaced the IPC&#8217;s &#8220;insane person&#8221; with &#8220;person of unsound mind&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Suicide of a married woman: Section 117 BSA and the dowry and cruelty sections<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Section 117 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (BSA), formerly Section 113A of the Indian Evidence Act, lets the court presume abetment in one situation. Where the question is whether a woman&#8217;s suicide was abetted by her husband or his relative, and it is shown that she committed suicide &#8220;within a period of seven years from the date of her marriage&#8221; and that they &#8220;had subjected her to cruelty&#8221;, then &#8220;the Court may presume, having regard to all the other circumstances of the case, that such suicide had been abetted by her husband or by such relative of her husband.&#8221; &#8220;Cruelty&#8221; has the meaning in Section 86 BNS (formerly the Explanation to Section 498A IPC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under a &#8220;may presume&#8221; provision the court may treat the fact as proved unless disproved, or call for proof (Section 2(1)(h) BSA). In <em>Naresh Kumar<\/em> (2024) the Supreme Court said that &#8220;the presumption is discretionary, unlike the presumption under Section 113B&#8221;, and that &#8220;the prosecution must show evidence of cruelty or incessant harassment&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Related offences may be charged in the same case, and each has its own conditions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Cruelty:<\/strong> Section 85 BNS punishes a husband or his relative who subjects a woman to cruelty, with up to three years and fine. Under Section 86(a), cruelty includes &#8220;any wilful conduct which is of such a nature as is likely to drive the woman to commit suicide&#8221; (formerly Section 498A IPC; see the firm&#8217;s post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/section-498a-of-the-indian-penal-code\/\">Section 498A IPC<\/a>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dowry death:<\/strong> Section 80 BNS (formerly Section 304B IPC) applies where a woman&#8217;s death &#8220;is caused by any burns or bodily injury or occurs otherwise than under normal circumstances within seven years of her marriage&#8221; and she was subjected, soon before her death, to cruelty or harassment by her husband or his relative in connection with a dowry demand. The punishment is not less than seven years, up to life. Here Section 118 BSA (formerly Section 113B) says the court &#8220;shall presume&#8221; that such person caused the dowry death.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dowry demand:<\/strong> the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-4-dowry-prohibition-act\/\">Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is attempt to suicide still a crime? Section 226 BNS and the Mental Healthcare Act<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The BNS has no general offence of attempting suicide. Section 309 IPC (attempt to commit suicide) has not been re-enacted. The only related offence is a new one, Section 226 BNS: &#8220;Whoever attempts to commit suicide with the intent to compel or restrain any public servant from discharging his official duty shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both, or with community service.&#8221; That offence is non-cognizable, bailable and triable by any Magistrate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For cases still under the IPC, Section 115(1) of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 (in force from 29 May 2018) says that, notwithstanding Section 309 IPC, a person who attempts suicide &#8220;shall be presumed, unless proved otherwise, to have severe stress and shall not be tried and punished under the said Code.&#8221; Section 115(2) puts a duty on the government to provide &#8220;care, treatment and rehabilitation&#8221; to such a person. Section 108 BNS itself applies only &#8220;if any person commits suicide&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How a Section 108 BNS case proceeds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Inquest.<\/strong> When the police receive information that a person has committed suicide, Section 194 BNSS (formerly Section 174 CrPC) requires the officer to inform the nearest Executive Magistrate empowered to hold inquests. The officer then makes an investigation on the spot and draws up &#8220;a report of the apparent cause of death&#8221;, which goes to the District or Sub-divisional Magistrate &#8220;within twenty-four hours&#8221;. If the case &#8220;involves suicide by a woman within seven years of her marriage&#8221;, the officer is to forward the body for examination to the nearest Civil Surgeon or other qualified medical person, subject to the State&#8217;s rules and if weather and distance allow (Section 194(3)).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FIR and investigation.<\/strong> Because the offence is cognizable, information that someone abetted the suicide is recorded as an FIR under Section 173 BNSS (formerly Section 154 CrPC). See the firm&#8217;s guide on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/understanding-the-process-of-making-a-police-complaint-in-india-a-guide-for-commoners\/\">how to file a police complaint and FIR<\/a>. The charge-sheet is filed under Section 193 BNSS (formerly Section 173 CrPC), and the case is committed to the Court of Session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bail.<\/strong> Since the offence is non-bailable, bail is discretionary. A Magistrate may grant bail under Section 480 BNSS (formerly Section 437 CrPC). Its absolute bar in clause (i) applies to offences punishable with death or life imprisonment, and Section 108 carries at most ten years. But because the offence is punishable with seven years or more, the Public Prosecutor must first be given a hearing, and clause (ii) bars release of an accused with certain previous convictions. The Court of Session and the High Court have wider powers under Section 483 BNSS (formerly Section 439 CrPC). A person who fears arrest may apply to either court for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/anticipatory-bail\/\">anticipatory bail<\/a> under Section 482 BNSS (formerly Section 438 CrPC). See also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/regular-bail-in-criminal-case\/\">regular bail in a criminal case<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discharge and quashing.<\/strong> After the case reaches the Court of Session, the accused may apply for discharge &#8220;within a period of sixty days from the date of commitment&#8221; (Section 250 BNSS, formerly Section 227 CrPC; the sixty-day limit is new). The judge must discharge the accused if there is &#8220;not sufficient ground for proceeding&#8221;. The Supreme Court&#8217;s discharge orders in <em>Prakash<\/em> (on an application under the equivalent Section 227 CrPC) and <em>Mahendra Awase<\/em> (a challenge to an order framing the charge) were made under the old Code. Separately, the High Court&#8217;s inherent power under Section 528 BNSS (formerly Section 482 CrPC) &#8220;to prevent abuse of the process of any Court&#8221; may be used where, even taking the allegations as true, no act of instigation or aid is disclosed. See the firm&#8217;s guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/quashing-of-fir\/\">quashing of FIR<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;306 case details&#8221;.<\/strong> To check the status of a pending case in a district court, the official eCourts Services portal of the Supreme Court&#8217;s eCommittee (services.ecourts.gov.in) offers search by CNR number. Its &#8220;Case Status&#8221; option searches by registration number, party name or advocate name, among others. In Delhi, the firm&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/find-your-court-and-district\/\">court and district finder<\/a> shows the court for each police station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Article 306 of the Constitution, and 306 IPC in other languages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Article 306<\/strong> of the Constitution of India has nothing to do with suicide. It was in Part XIII (Trade, Commerce and Intercourse within the Territory of India) and dealt with the &#8220;Power of certain States in Part B of the First Schedule to impose restrictions on trade and commerce&#8221;. It was repealed by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi.<\/strong> India Code publishes the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita in two texts: English and the official Hindi text. It does not carry a Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali or Marathi text, and this page does not give unofficial translations. 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\u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0910\u0938\u0940 \u0906\u0924\u094d\u092e\u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u093e \u0926\u0941\u0937\u094d\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0930\u0923 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u0935\u0939 \u0926\u094b\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0902\u0924\u093f \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u093e\u0935\u093e\u0938 \u0938\u0947, \u091c\u093f\u0938\u0915\u0940 \u0905\u0935\u0927\u093f \u0926\u0938 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937 \u0924\u0915 \u0915\u0940 \u0939\u094b \u0938\u0915\u0947\u0917\u0940, \u0926\u0923\u094d\u0921\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e\u090f\u0917\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u091c\u0941\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u092d\u0940 \u0926\u093e\u092f\u0940 \u0939\u094b\u0917\u093e \u0964&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u0927\u093e\u0930\u093e 306 \u0915\u092c \u0932\u0917\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u092f\u0939 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\u0939\u0948\u0964<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u0906\u0924\u094d\u092e\u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u093e \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092f\u093e\u0938 \u0914\u0930 \u0905\u0928\u094d\u092f \u092c\u093e\u0924\u0947\u0902<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0906\u0924\u094d\u092e\u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u093e \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092f\u093e\u0938 \u0905\u092c \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0906\u092a \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092c\u0940\u090f\u0928\u090f\u0938 \u0915\u0947 \u0924\u0939\u0924 \u0905\u092a\u0930\u093e\u0927 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u0915\u0947\u0935\u0932 \u0927\u093e\u0930\u093e 226 \u092c\u0940\u090f\u0928\u090f\u0938 \u092e\u0947\u0902, \u0932\u094b\u0915 \u0938\u0947\u0935\u0915 \u0915\u094b \u0909\u0938\u0915\u0947 \u0915\u0930\u094d\u0924\u0935\u094d\u092f \u0938\u0947 \u0930\u094b\u0915\u0928\u0947 \u092f\u093e \u0935\u093f\u0935\u0936 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0907\u0930\u093e\u0926\u0947 \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092f\u093e\u0938 \u0926\u0902\u0921\u0928\u0940\u092f \u0939\u0948, \u091c\u093f\u0938\u092e\u0947\u0902 \u090f\u0915 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937 \u0924\u0915 \u0915\u093e \u0938\u093e\u0927\u093e\u0930\u0923 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u093e\u0935\u093e\u0938, \u091c\u0941\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0928\u093e \u092f\u093e \u0938\u093e\u092e\u0941\u0926\u093e\u092f\u093f\u0915 \u0938\u0947\u0935\u093e \u0939\u094b \u0938\u0915\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0964 Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 (\u092e\u0947\u0902\u091f\u0932 \u0939\u0947\u0932\u094d\u0925\u0915\u0947\u092f\u0930 \u090f\u0915\u094d\u091f) \u0915\u0940 \u0927\u093e\u0930\u093e 115 \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0928\u0941\u0938\u093e\u0930 \u0906\u0924\u094d\u092e\u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u093e \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092f\u093e\u0938 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0935\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902, \u091c\u092c \u0924\u0915 \u0905\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0925\u093e \u0938\u093e\u092c\u093f\u0924 \u0928 \u0939\u094b, \u092f\u0939 \u092e\u093e\u0928\u093e \u091c\u093e\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0915\u093f \u0935\u0939 \u0917\u0902\u092d\u0940\u0930 \u0924\u0928\u093e\u0935 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0925\u093e, \u0914\u0930 \u0909\u0938 \u092a\u0930 \u0927\u093e\u0930\u093e 309 \u0906\u0908\u092a\u0940\u0938\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0924\u0939\u0924 \u092e\u0941\u0915\u0926\u092e\u093e \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u091a\u0932\u093e\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e\u090f\u0917\u093e\u0964<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;\u0905\u0928\u0941\u091a\u094d\u091b\u0947\u0926 306&#8221; \u0938\u0902\u0935\u093f\u0927\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u093e \u0905\u0932\u0917 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0935\u0927\u093e\u0928 \u0925\u093e (\u0935\u094d\u092f\u093e\u092a\u093e\u0930 \u092a\u0930 \u0915\u0941\u091b \u0930\u093e\u091c\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0924\u093f\u092c\u0902\u0927), \u091c\u094b 1956 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0928\u093f\u0930\u0938\u093f\u0924 \u0939\u094b \u0917\u092f\u093e\u0964 &#8220;\u092c\u0940\u090f\u0928\u090f\u0938 \u0915\u0940 \u0927\u093e\u0930\u093e 306&#8221; \u092d\u0940 \u0905\u0932\u0917 \u0939\u0948 \u2013 \u0935\u0939 \u0932\u093f\u092a\u093f\u0915 \u092f\u093e \u0938\u0947\u0935\u0915 \u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0930\u093e \u091a\u094b\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0927\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964 India Code \u092a\u0930 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924\u0940\u092f \u0928\u094d\u092f\u093e\u092f \u0938\u0902\u0939\u093f\u0924\u093e \u0915\u0947\u0935\u0932 \u0905\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u091c\u093c\u0940 \u0914\u0930 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0909\u092a\u0932\u092c\u094d\u0927 \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u0909\u0926\u094d\u0927\u0930\u0923\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0932\u093e\u0935\u093e \u0907\u0938 \u0916\u0902\u0921 \u0915\u0940 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0940 \u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0940 \u0938\u0930\u0932 \u092d\u093e\u0937\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0939\u0948\u0964<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"schema-faq wp-block-yoast-faq-block\"><div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">Is abetment of suicide bailable?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">No. Section 108 BNS (formerly Section 306 IPC) is non-bailable, cognizable and triable by a Court of Session (BNSS First Schedule), so bail is discretionary, not a right. A Magistrate may grant it under Section 480 BNSS after hearing the Public Prosecutor, since the offence is not punishable with death or life imprisonment; the Court of Session or High Court may grant it under Section 483 BNSS. Anticipatory bail can be sought under Section 482 BNSS (formerly Section 438 CrPC).<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-2\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">Can someone be charged under Section 306 only because a suicide note names them?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">A note naming a person is evidence to be investigated, but it does not by itself prove abetment, which needs instigation, conspiracy or intentional aid with the intention of pushing the person to suicide (Section 45 BNS). In Mahendra Awase v. State of Madhya Pradesh (2025) the note named a loan-recovery agent, yet the Supreme Court discharged him, warning that Section 306 IPC is &#8220;casually and too readily resorted to by the police&#8221;.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-3\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">What is the punishment for abetment of suicide under the BNS?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Under Section 108 BNS, imprisonment of either description (simple or rigorous) for up to ten years, and fine \u2013 the same as under Section 306 IPC. There is no minimum term. If the person who committed suicide was a child, of unsound mind, delirious or intoxicated, Section 107 BNS applies instead, with death, life imprisonment or up to ten years, and fine.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-4\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">Is attempting suicide still a crime in India?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Not by itself: the BNS has not re-enacted Section 309 IPC. Section 226 BNS punishes only an attempt made &#8220;with the intent to compel or restrain any public servant from discharging his official duty&#8221; (up to one year&#8217;s simple imprisonment, fine or community service). For IPC cases, Section 115 of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 presumes, unless proved otherwise, that the person had severe stress, and bars trial and punishment under the IPC.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-5\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">What is Section 113A of the Evidence Act?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Section 113A, now Section 117 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, applies where a married woman commits suicide within seven years of marriage and her husband or his relative had subjected her to cruelty (as defined in Section 86 BNS). The court &#8220;may presume, having regard to all the other circumstances of the case&#8221;, that they abetted the suicide. In Naresh Kumar v. State of Haryana (2024) the Supreme Court held that the presumption is discretionary and does not apply automatically.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-6\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">What is 306 IPC in Hindi (dhara 306 kya hai)?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Section 306 IPC, now Section 108 BNS, is &#8220;\u0906\u0924\u094d\u092e\u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u093e \u0926\u0941\u0937\u094d\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0930\u0923&#8221; (abetment of suicide). In the official Hindi text of the \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924\u0940\u092f \u0928\u094d\u092f\u093e\u092f \u0938\u0902\u0939\u093f\u0924\u093e, 2023 it reads: &#8220;\u092f\u0926\u093f \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0935\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f \u0906\u0924\u094d\u092e\u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u0924\u094b \u091c\u094b \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0910\u0938\u0940 \u0906\u0924\u094d\u092e\u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u093e \u0926\u0941\u0937\u094d\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0930\u0923 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u0935\u0939 \u0926\u094b\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0902\u0924\u093f \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u093e\u0935\u093e\u0938 \u0938\u0947, \u091c\u093f\u0938\u0915\u0940 \u0905\u0935\u0927\u093f \u0926\u0938 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937 \u0924\u0915 \u0915\u0940 \u0939\u094b \u0938\u0915\u0947\u0917\u0940, \u0926\u0923\u094d\u0921\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e\u090f\u0917\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u091c\u0941\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u092d\u0940 \u0926\u093e\u092f\u0940 \u0939\u094b\u0917\u093e \u0964&#8221;<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-7\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">\u0927\u093e\u0930\u093e 306 \u0915\u092c \u0932\u0917\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948? (When is Section 306 applied?)<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Section 306 IPC (now Section 108 BNS) applies when a person has actually committed suicide and another person abetted it, by instigating (\u0909\u0915\u0938\u093e\u0928\u093e), conspiring (\u0937\u0921\u094d\u092f\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930) or intentionally aiding (\u091c\u093e\u0928\u092c\u0942\u091d\u0915\u0930 \u0938\u0939\u093e\u092f\u0924\u093e), as defined in Section 45 BNS. The Supreme Court requires a clear intention and a positive act close in time to the suicide. Harassment, a quarrel or angry words alone are not enough (Naresh Kumar v. State of Haryana, 2024; Mahendra Awase v. State of Madhya Pradesh, 2025).<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-8\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">What is 306 IPC in BNS?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Section 306 IPC corresponds to Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, &#8220;Abetment of suicide&#8221;, with no change in wording or punishment. The BNS came into force on 1 July 2024; acts committed before that date are still prosecuted under Section 306 IPC, because Section 358 BNS saves offences and proceedings under the repealed Code.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-9\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">What is IPC 306 punishment in Hindi?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">In Hindi: &#8220;\u0926\u094b\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0902\u0924\u093f \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u093e\u0935\u093e\u0938 \u0938\u0947, \u091c\u093f\u0938\u0915\u0940 \u0905\u0935\u0927\u093f \u0926\u0938 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937 \u0924\u0915 \u0915\u0940 \u0939\u094b \u0938\u0915\u0947\u0917\u0940, \u0926\u0923\u094d\u0921\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e\u090f\u0917\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u091c\u0941\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u092d\u0940 \u0926\u093e\u092f\u0940 \u0939\u094b\u0917\u093e&#8221; (official Hindi text of Section 108 BNS). That is, imprisonment, simple or rigorous, of up to ten years, and fine. The offence is cognizable, non-bailable and triable by a Court of Session.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-10\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">Is a Section 306 case compoundable? Can it be settled by compromise?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">No. Section 108 BNS (formerly Section 306 IPC) is not listed in either table of Section 359 BNSS (formerly Section 320 CrPC), so it cannot be compounded, with or without the court&#8217;s permission. Where the FIR shows no act of instigation or aid, the remedies are discharge under Section 250 BNSS or quashing by the High Court under Section 528 BNSS.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-11\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">Is abetment of suicide the same as murder (&#8220;hatya ke liye uksana&#8221;)?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">No. Section 108 BNS (formerly Section 306 IPC) covers a person who took his or her own life after the accused instigated, conspired or aided. If the accused himself caused the death, the offence is culpable homicide or murder (Sections 100, 101 and 103 BNS, formerly Sections 299, 300 and 302 IPC). Instigating someone to kill another person is abetment of murder, punishable under Section 49 BNS (formerly Section 109 IPC).<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-12\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">What must the prosecution prove in an abetment of suicide case?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">That the person committed suicide; that the accused abetted it by instigation, conspiracy or intentional aid (Sections 45 and 108 BNS); that the accused had a clear intention, which &#8220;has to be visible and conspicuous&#8221; (Gurcharan Singh v. State of Punjab, 2020); and that the act was in close proximity to the suicide (Prakash v. State of Maharashtra, 2024).<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-13\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">Can harsh words or a quarrel amount to abetment of suicide?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Usually not by themselves. As recorded in Mahendra Awase (2025), the Supreme Court held in Ramesh Kumar v. State of Chhattisgarh (2001) that &#8220;a word uttered in the fit of anger or emotion without intending the consequences to actually follow&#8221; is not instigation. But continuous intimidation and insult can be: in Ude Singh v. State of Haryana (2019) the conviction of the adult accused was upheld.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-14\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">What is Section 107 BNS (formerly Section 305 IPC)?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Section 107 BNS punishes abetment of the suicide of &#8220;any child, any person of unsound mind, any delirious person or any person in a state of intoxication&#8221; with death, life imprisonment or up to ten years, and fine. A child is a person below eighteen (Section 2(3) BNS). It is cognizable, non-bailable and triable by a Court of Session.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-15\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">What is the difference between Section 108 BNS and dowry death under Section 80 BNS?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Section 108 needs proof that the accused abetted a suicide; where a married woman commits suicide within seven years of marriage after cruelty by her husband or his relative, the court only &#8220;may presume&#8221; abetment (Section 117 BSA). Section 80 BNS (formerly Section 304B IPC) covers a woman&#8217;s death by burns or bodily injury or &#8220;otherwise than under normal circumstances&#8221; within seven years of marriage, after dowry-related cruelty or harassment soon before her death. It carries seven years to life, and the court &#8220;shall presume&#8221; under Section 118 BSA.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-16\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">Can an FIR under Section 306 IPC or 108 BNS be quashed?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">It may be, where even taking the allegations as true they disclose no instigation, conspiracy or intentional aid with the required intention. The High Court can then quash the FIR under Section 528 BNSS (formerly Section 482 CrPC) to prevent abuse of process. After committal, the accused can apply for discharge under Section 250 BNSS within sixty days of commitment. In Prakash v. State of Maharashtra (2024), decided under the equivalent Section 227 CrPC, the Supreme Court discharged the accused.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-17\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">What is Article 306 of the Indian Constitution?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Article 306, in Part XIII of the Constitution (trade, commerce and intercourse), dealt with the &#8220;Power of certain States in Part B of the First Schedule to impose restrictions on trade and commerce&#8221;. It was repealed by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956. It has no connection with Section 306 IPC or abetment of suicide.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-18\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">What is BNS Section 306?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Section 306 BNS is &#8220;Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master&#8221; (formerly Section 381 IPC), punishable with up to seven years and fine. It is not the abetment-of-suicide section, which is Section 108 BNS (formerly Section 306 IPC).<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-19\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">Is 306 IPC available in Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali or Marathi?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">India Code, the official database of central laws, publishes the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 only in English and in the official Hindi text, and this page does not give unofficial translations. The law is the same in every State: Section 306 IPC, now Section 108 BNS, is abetment of suicide, punishable with up to ten years and fine.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-20\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">How can I check the details or status of a 306 case?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">For a case in a district or sessions court, use the official eCourts Services portal (services.ecourts.gov.in) of the Supreme Court&#8217;s eCommittee. It searches by CNR number, and its Case Status option by case registration number, party name or advocate name, among others.<\/p> <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Section 306 IPC is now Section 108 BNS, with the same words and punishment: up to ten years and fine, non-bailable, tried by a Court of Session. It applies only where a person has committed suicide and another instigated, conspired in or intentionally aided it. The Supreme Court sets a high bar. There must be a clear intention and a positive act close in time to the death. Harassment, a quarrel or a suicide note naming someone is not enough on its own, though a continuous course of intimidation can be. For married women, Section 117 BSA allows a discretionary presumption, and the cruelty and dowry-death sections of the BNS may apply alongside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sources used for this post: the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023), Sections 1, 2(3), 45, 49, 80, 85, 86, 100, 101, 103, 107, 108, 226, 306 and 358, from its English text on India Code (a2023-45.pdf, as on 6 October 2025) and its official Hindi text on India Code (Hh202345.pdf, \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924\u0940\u092f \u0928\u094d\u092f\u093e\u092f \u0938\u0902\u0939\u093f\u0924\u093e, 2023; Sections 45, 107 and 108 read from the printed pages); the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023), Sections 2(1)(c) and (g), 173, 193, 194, 250, 359, 480, 482, 483 and 528 and the First Schedule, from India Code (A2023-46.pdf, as on 6 October 2025); the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (Act No. 47 of 2023), Sections 2(1)(h), 117 and 118, from India Code (a2023-47.pdf, as on 6 October 2025) and Section 117 from its official Hindi text on India Code (hh202347.pdf); the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 (Act No. 10 of 2017), Sections 1 and 115, from India Code (A2017-10.pdf, as on 1 August 2026); the Constitution of India, Article 306 and Part XIII, from India Code; the firm&#8217;s section-by-section IPC\u2013BNS, CrPC\u2013BNSS and Evidence Act\u2013BSA data checked against the Gazette texts; the Supreme Court judgments in Mahendra Awase v. State of Madhya Pradesh, Criminal Appeal No. 221 of 2025, 2025 INSC 76, 17 January 2025 (Abhay S. Oka and K.V. Viswanathan, JJ.), https:\/\/api.sci.gov.in\/supremecourt\/2023\/36708\/36708_2023_1_1501_58643_Judgement_17-Jan-2025.pdf; Prakash v. State of Maharashtra, 2024 INSC 1020, 20 December 2024 (B.R. Gavai and K.V. Viswanathan, JJ.), https:\/\/api.sci.gov.in\/supremecourt\/2023\/489\/489_2023_2_1502_58141_Judgement_20-Dec-2024.pdf; Naresh Kumar v. State of Haryana, Criminal Appeal No. 1722 of 2010, [2024] 2 SCR 830, 22 February 2024 (J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, JJ.), https:\/\/digiscr.sci.gov.in\/admin\/judgement_file\/judgement_pdf\/2024\/volume%202\/Part%20III\/2024_2_830-846_1710234142.pdf; Gurcharan Singh v. State of Punjab, Criminal Appeal No. 40 of 2011, 1 October 2020 (N.V. Ramana, Surya Kant and Hrishikesh Roy, JJ.), https:\/\/api.sci.gov.in\/supremecourt\/2010\/10709\/10709_2010_37_1501_24203_Judgement_01-Oct-2020.pdf; and Ude Singh v. 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For IPC cases, Section 115 of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 presumes, unless proved otherwise, that the person had severe stress, and bars trial and punishment under the IPC.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-5\",\"position\":5,\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-5\",\"name\":\"What is Section 113A of the Evidence Act?\",\"answerCount\":1,\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"Section 113A, now Section 117 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, applies where a married woman commits suicide within seven years of marriage and her husband or his relative had subjected her to cruelty (as defined in Section 86 BNS). The court \\\"may presume, having regard to all the other circumstances of the case\\\", that they abetted the suicide. In Naresh Kumar v. State of Haryana (2024) the Supreme Court held that the presumption is discretionary and does not apply automatically.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-6\",\"position\":6,\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-6\",\"name\":\"What is 306 IPC in Hindi (dhara 306 kya hai)?\",\"answerCount\":1,\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"Section 306 IPC, now Section 108 BNS, is \\\"\u0906\u0924\u094d\u092e\u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u093e \u0926\u0941\u0937\u094d\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0930\u0923\\\" (abetment of suicide). In the official Hindi text of the \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924\u0940\u092f \u0928\u094d\u092f\u093e\u092f \u0938\u0902\u0939\u093f\u0924\u093e, 2023 it reads: \\\"\u092f\u0926\u093f \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0935\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f \u0906\u0924\u094d\u092e\u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u0924\u094b \u091c\u094b \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0910\u0938\u0940 \u0906\u0924\u094d\u092e\u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u093e \u0926\u0941\u0937\u094d\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0930\u0923 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u0935\u0939 \u0926\u094b\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0902\u0924\u093f \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u093e\u0935\u093e\u0938 \u0938\u0947, \u091c\u093f\u0938\u0915\u0940 \u0905\u0935\u0927\u093f \u0926\u0938 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937 \u0924\u0915 \u0915\u0940 \u0939\u094b \u0938\u0915\u0947\u0917\u0940, \u0926\u0923\u094d\u0921\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e\u090f\u0917\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u091c\u0941\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u092d\u0940 \u0926\u093e\u092f\u0940 \u0939\u094b\u0917\u093e \u0964\\\"\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-7\",\"position\":7,\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-7\",\"name\":\"\u0927\u093e\u0930\u093e 306 \u0915\u092c \u0932\u0917\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948? (When is Section 306 applied?)\",\"answerCount\":1,\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"Section 306 IPC (now Section 108 BNS) applies when a person has actually committed suicide and another person abetted it, by instigating (\u0909\u0915\u0938\u093e\u0928\u093e), conspiring (\u0937\u0921\u094d\u092f\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930) or intentionally aiding (\u091c\u093e\u0928\u092c\u0942\u091d\u0915\u0930 \u0938\u0939\u093e\u092f\u0924\u093e), as defined in Section 45 BNS. The Supreme Court requires a clear intention and a positive act close in time to the suicide. Harassment, a quarrel or angry words alone are not enough (Naresh Kumar v. State of Haryana, 2024; Mahendra Awase v. State of Madhya Pradesh, 2025).\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-8\",\"position\":8,\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-8\",\"name\":\"What is 306 IPC in BNS?\",\"answerCount\":1,\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"Section 306 IPC corresponds to Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, \\\"Abetment of suicide\\\", with no change in wording or punishment. The BNS came into force on 1 July 2024; acts committed before that date are still prosecuted under Section 306 IPC, because Section 358 BNS saves offences and proceedings under the repealed Code.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-9\",\"position\":9,\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-9\",\"name\":\"What is IPC 306 punishment in Hindi?\",\"answerCount\":1,\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"In Hindi: \\\"\u0926\u094b\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0902\u0924\u093f \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u093e\u0935\u093e\u0938 \u0938\u0947, \u091c\u093f\u0938\u0915\u0940 \u0905\u0935\u0927\u093f \u0926\u0938 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937 \u0924\u0915 \u0915\u0940 \u0939\u094b \u0938\u0915\u0947\u0917\u0940, \u0926\u0923\u094d\u0921\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e\u090f\u0917\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u091c\u0941\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u092d\u0940 \u0926\u093e\u092f\u0940 \u0939\u094b\u0917\u093e\\\" (official Hindi text of Section 108 BNS). That is, imprisonment, simple or rigorous, of up to ten years, and fine. The offence is cognizable, non-bailable and triable by a Court of Session.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-10\",\"position\":10,\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-10\",\"name\":\"Is a Section 306 case compoundable? Can it be settled by compromise?\",\"answerCount\":1,\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"No. Section 108 BNS (formerly Section 306 IPC) is not listed in either table of Section 359 BNSS (formerly Section 320 CrPC), so it cannot be compounded, with or without the court's permission. Where the FIR shows no act of instigation or aid, the remedies are discharge under Section 250 BNSS or quashing by the High Court under Section 528 BNSS.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-11\",\"position\":11,\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-11\",\"name\":\"Is abetment of suicide the same as murder (\\\"hatya ke liye uksana\\\")?\",\"answerCount\":1,\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"No. Section 108 BNS (formerly Section 306 IPC) covers a person who took his or her own life after the accused instigated, conspired or aided. If the accused himself caused the death, the offence is culpable homicide or murder (Sections 100, 101 and 103 BNS, formerly Sections 299, 300 and 302 IPC). Instigating someone to kill another person is abetment of murder, punishable under Section 49 BNS (formerly Section 109 IPC).\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-12\",\"position\":12,\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-12\",\"name\":\"What must the prosecution prove in an abetment of suicide case?\",\"answerCount\":1,\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"That the person committed suicide; that the accused abetted it by instigation, conspiracy or intentional aid (Sections 45 and 108 BNS); that the accused had a clear intention, which \\\"has to be visible and conspicuous\\\" (Gurcharan Singh v. State of Punjab, 2020); and that the act was in close proximity to the suicide (Prakash v. State of Maharashtra, 2024).\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-13\",\"position\":13,\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-13\",\"name\":\"Can harsh words or a quarrel amount to abetment of suicide?\",\"answerCount\":1,\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"Usually not by themselves. As recorded in Mahendra Awase (2025), the Supreme Court held in Ramesh Kumar v. State of Chhattisgarh (2001) that \\\"a word uttered in the fit of anger or emotion without intending the consequences to actually follow\\\" is not instigation. But continuous intimidation and insult can be: in Ude Singh v. State of Haryana (2019) the conviction of the adult accused was upheld.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-14\",\"position\":14,\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-14\",\"name\":\"What is Section 107 BNS (formerly Section 305 IPC)?\",\"answerCount\":1,\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"Section 107 BNS punishes abetment of the suicide of \\\"any child, any person of unsound mind, any delirious person or any person in a state of intoxication\\\" with death, life imprisonment or up to ten years, and fine. A child is a person below eighteen (Section 2(3) BNS). It is cognizable, non-bailable and triable by a Court of Session.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-15\",\"position\":15,\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-15\",\"name\":\"What is the difference between Section 108 BNS and dowry death under Section 80 BNS?\",\"answerCount\":1,\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"Section 108 needs proof that the accused abetted a suicide; where a married woman commits suicide within seven years of marriage after cruelty by her husband or his relative, the court only \\\"may presume\\\" abetment (Section 117 BSA). Section 80 BNS (formerly Section 304B IPC) covers a woman's death by burns or bodily injury or \\\"otherwise than under normal circumstances\\\" within seven years of marriage, after dowry-related cruelty or harassment soon before her death. It carries seven years to life, and the court \\\"shall presume\\\" under Section 118 BSA.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-16\",\"position\":16,\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-16\",\"name\":\"Can an FIR under Section 306 IPC or 108 BNS be quashed?\",\"answerCount\":1,\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"It may be, where even taking the allegations as true they disclose no instigation, conspiracy or intentional aid with the required intention. The High Court can then quash the FIR under Section 528 BNSS (formerly Section 482 CrPC) to prevent abuse of process. After committal, the accused can apply for discharge under Section 250 BNSS within sixty days of commitment. In Prakash v. State of Maharashtra (2024), decided under the equivalent Section 227 CrPC, the Supreme Court discharged the accused.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-17\",\"position\":17,\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-17\",\"name\":\"What is Article 306 of the Indian Constitution?\",\"answerCount\":1,\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"Article 306, in Part XIII of the Constitution (trade, commerce and intercourse), dealt with the \\\"Power of certain States in Part B of the First Schedule to impose restrictions on trade and commerce\\\". It was repealed by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956. It has no connection with Section 306 IPC or abetment of suicide.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-18\",\"position\":18,\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-18\",\"name\":\"What is BNS Section 306?\",\"answerCount\":1,\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"Section 306 BNS is \\\"Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master\\\" (formerly Section 381 IPC), punishable with up to seven years and fine. It is not the abetment-of-suicide section, which is Section 108 BNS (formerly Section 306 IPC).\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-19\",\"position\":19,\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.centurylawfirm.in\\\/blog\\\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\\\/#faq-question-19\",\"name\":\"Is 306 IPC available in Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali or Marathi?\",\"answerCount\":1,\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"India Code, the official database of central laws, publishes the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 only in English and in the official Hindi text, and this page does not give unofficial translations. 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A Magistrate may grant it under Section 480 BNSS after hearing the Public Prosecutor, since the offence is not punishable with death or life imprisonment; the Court of Session or High Court may grant it under Section 483 BNSS. Anticipatory bail can be sought under Section 482 BNSS (formerly Section 438 CrPC).","inLanguage":"en"},"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-2","position":2,"url":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-2","name":"Can someone be charged under Section 306 only because a suicide note names them?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"A note naming a person is evidence to be investigated, but it does not by itself prove abetment, which needs instigation, conspiracy or intentional aid with the intention of pushing the person to suicide (Section 45 BNS). In Mahendra Awase v. State of Madhya Pradesh (2025) the note named a loan-recovery agent, yet the Supreme Court discharged him, warning that Section 306 IPC is \"casually and too readily resorted to by the police\".","inLanguage":"en"},"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-3","position":3,"url":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-3","name":"What is the punishment for abetment of suicide under the BNS?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Under Section 108 BNS, imprisonment of either description (simple or rigorous) for up to ten years, and fine \u2013 the same as under Section 306 IPC. There is no minimum term. If the person who committed suicide was a child, of unsound mind, delirious or intoxicated, Section 107 BNS applies instead, with death, life imprisonment or up to ten years, and fine.","inLanguage":"en"},"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-4","position":4,"url":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-4","name":"Is attempting suicide still a crime in India?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Not by itself: the BNS has not re-enacted Section 309 IPC. Section 226 BNS punishes only an attempt made \"with the intent to compel or restrain any public servant from discharging his official duty\" (up to one year's simple imprisonment, fine or community service). For IPC cases, Section 115 of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 presumes, unless proved otherwise, that the person had severe stress, and bars trial and punishment under the IPC.","inLanguage":"en"},"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-5","position":5,"url":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-5","name":"What is Section 113A of the Evidence Act?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Section 113A, now Section 117 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, applies where a married woman commits suicide within seven years of marriage and her husband or his relative had subjected her to cruelty (as defined in Section 86 BNS). The court \"may presume, having regard to all the other circumstances of the case\", that they abetted the suicide. In Naresh Kumar v. State of Haryana (2024) the Supreme Court held that the presumption is discretionary and does not apply automatically.","inLanguage":"en"},"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-6","position":6,"url":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-6","name":"What is 306 IPC in Hindi (dhara 306 kya hai)?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Section 306 IPC, now Section 108 BNS, is \"\u0906\u0924\u094d\u092e\u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u093e \u0926\u0941\u0937\u094d\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0930\u0923\" (abetment of suicide). In the official Hindi text of the \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924\u0940\u092f \u0928\u094d\u092f\u093e\u092f \u0938\u0902\u0939\u093f\u0924\u093e, 2023 it reads: \"\u092f\u0926\u093f \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0935\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f \u0906\u0924\u094d\u092e\u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u0924\u094b \u091c\u094b \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0910\u0938\u0940 \u0906\u0924\u094d\u092e\u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u093e \u0926\u0941\u0937\u094d\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0930\u0923 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u0935\u0939 \u0926\u094b\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0902\u0924\u093f \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u093e\u0935\u093e\u0938 \u0938\u0947, \u091c\u093f\u0938\u0915\u0940 \u0905\u0935\u0927\u093f \u0926\u0938 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937 \u0924\u0915 \u0915\u0940 \u0939\u094b \u0938\u0915\u0947\u0917\u0940, \u0926\u0923\u094d\u0921\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e\u090f\u0917\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u091c\u0941\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u092d\u0940 \u0926\u093e\u092f\u0940 \u0939\u094b\u0917\u093e \u0964\"","inLanguage":"en"},"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-7","position":7,"url":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-7","name":"\u0927\u093e\u0930\u093e 306 \u0915\u092c \u0932\u0917\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948? (When is Section 306 applied?)","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Section 306 IPC (now Section 108 BNS) applies when a person has actually committed suicide and another person abetted it, by instigating (\u0909\u0915\u0938\u093e\u0928\u093e), conspiring (\u0937\u0921\u094d\u092f\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930) or intentionally aiding (\u091c\u093e\u0928\u092c\u0942\u091d\u0915\u0930 \u0938\u0939\u093e\u092f\u0924\u093e), as defined in Section 45 BNS. The Supreme Court requires a clear intention and a positive act close in time to the suicide. Harassment, a quarrel or angry words alone are not enough (Naresh Kumar v. State of Haryana, 2024; Mahendra Awase v. State of Madhya Pradesh, 2025).","inLanguage":"en"},"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-8","position":8,"url":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-8","name":"What is 306 IPC in BNS?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Section 306 IPC corresponds to Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, \"Abetment of suicide\", with no change in wording or punishment. The BNS came into force on 1 July 2024; acts committed before that date are still prosecuted under Section 306 IPC, because Section 358 BNS saves offences and proceedings under the repealed Code.","inLanguage":"en"},"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-9","position":9,"url":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-9","name":"What is IPC 306 punishment in Hindi?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"In Hindi: \"\u0926\u094b\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0902\u0924\u093f \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u093e\u0935\u093e\u0938 \u0938\u0947, \u091c\u093f\u0938\u0915\u0940 \u0905\u0935\u0927\u093f \u0926\u0938 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937 \u0924\u0915 \u0915\u0940 \u0939\u094b \u0938\u0915\u0947\u0917\u0940, \u0926\u0923\u094d\u0921\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e\u090f\u0917\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u091c\u0941\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u092d\u0940 \u0926\u093e\u092f\u0940 \u0939\u094b\u0917\u093e\" (official Hindi text of Section 108 BNS). That is, imprisonment, simple or rigorous, of up to ten years, and fine. The offence is cognizable, non-bailable and triable by a Court of Session.","inLanguage":"en"},"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-10","position":10,"url":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-10","name":"Is a Section 306 case compoundable? Can it be settled by compromise?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"No. Section 108 BNS (formerly Section 306 IPC) is not listed in either table of Section 359 BNSS (formerly Section 320 CrPC), so it cannot be compounded, with or without the court's permission. Where the FIR shows no act of instigation or aid, the remedies are discharge under Section 250 BNSS or quashing by the High Court under Section 528 BNSS.","inLanguage":"en"},"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-11","position":11,"url":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-11","name":"Is abetment of suicide the same as murder (\"hatya ke liye uksana\")?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"No. Section 108 BNS (formerly Section 306 IPC) covers a person who took his or her own life after the accused instigated, conspired or aided. If the accused himself caused the death, the offence is culpable homicide or murder (Sections 100, 101 and 103 BNS, formerly Sections 299, 300 and 302 IPC). Instigating someone to kill another person is abetment of murder, punishable under Section 49 BNS (formerly Section 109 IPC).","inLanguage":"en"},"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-12","position":12,"url":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-12","name":"What must the prosecution prove in an abetment of suicide case?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"That the person committed suicide; that the accused abetted it by instigation, conspiracy or intentional aid (Sections 45 and 108 BNS); that the accused had a clear intention, which \"has to be visible and conspicuous\" (Gurcharan Singh v. State of Punjab, 2020); and that the act was in close proximity to the suicide (Prakash v. State of Maharashtra, 2024).","inLanguage":"en"},"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-13","position":13,"url":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-13","name":"Can harsh words or a quarrel amount to abetment of suicide?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Usually not by themselves. As recorded in Mahendra Awase (2025), the Supreme Court held in Ramesh Kumar v. State of Chhattisgarh (2001) that \"a word uttered in the fit of anger or emotion without intending the consequences to actually follow\" is not instigation. But continuous intimidation and insult can be: in Ude Singh v. State of Haryana (2019) the conviction of the adult accused was upheld.","inLanguage":"en"},"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-14","position":14,"url":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-14","name":"What is Section 107 BNS (formerly Section 305 IPC)?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Section 107 BNS punishes abetment of the suicide of \"any child, any person of unsound mind, any delirious person or any person in a state of intoxication\" with death, life imprisonment or up to ten years, and fine. A child is a person below eighteen (Section 2(3) BNS). It is cognizable, non-bailable and triable by a Court of Session.","inLanguage":"en"},"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-15","position":15,"url":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-15","name":"What is the difference between Section 108 BNS and dowry death under Section 80 BNS?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Section 108 needs proof that the accused abetted a suicide; where a married woman commits suicide within seven years of marriage after cruelty by her husband or his relative, the court only \"may presume\" abetment (Section 117 BSA). Section 80 BNS (formerly Section 304B IPC) covers a woman's death by burns or bodily injury or \"otherwise than under normal circumstances\" within seven years of marriage, after dowry-related cruelty or harassment soon before her death. It carries seven years to life, and the court \"shall presume\" under Section 118 BSA.","inLanguage":"en"},"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-16","position":16,"url":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-16","name":"Can an FIR under Section 306 IPC or 108 BNS be quashed?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"It may be, where even taking the allegations as true they disclose no instigation, conspiracy or intentional aid with the required intention. The High Court can then quash the FIR under Section 528 BNSS (formerly Section 482 CrPC) to prevent abuse of process. After committal, the accused can apply for discharge under Section 250 BNSS within sixty days of commitment. In Prakash v. State of Maharashtra (2024), decided under the equivalent Section 227 CrPC, the Supreme Court discharged the accused.","inLanguage":"en"},"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-17","position":17,"url":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-17","name":"What is Article 306 of the Indian Constitution?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Article 306, in Part XIII of the Constitution (trade, commerce and intercourse), dealt with the \"Power of certain States in Part B of the First Schedule to impose restrictions on trade and commerce\". It was repealed by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956. It has no connection with Section 306 IPC or abetment of suicide.","inLanguage":"en"},"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-18","position":18,"url":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-18","name":"What is BNS Section 306?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Section 306 BNS is \"Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master\" (formerly Section 381 IPC), punishable with up to seven years and fine. It is not the abetment-of-suicide section, which is Section 108 BNS (formerly Section 306 IPC).","inLanguage":"en"},"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-19","position":19,"url":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-19","name":"Is 306 IPC available in Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali or Marathi?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"India Code, the official database of central laws, publishes the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 only in English and in the official Hindi text, and this page does not give unofficial translations. The law is the same in every State: Section 306 IPC, now Section 108 BNS, is abetment of suicide, punishable with up to ten years and fine.","inLanguage":"en"},"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-20","position":20,"url":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/legal-section-of-the-day-section-306-ipc\/#faq-question-20","name":"How can I check the details or status of a 306 case?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"For a case in a district or sessions court, use the official eCourts Services portal (services.ecourts.gov.in) of the Supreme Court's eCommittee. It searches by CNR number, and its Case Status option by case registration number, party name or advocate name, among others.","inLanguage":"en"},"inLanguage":"en"}]}},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Section-of-the-Day-306-IPC.png",1080,1080,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Section-of-the-Day-306-IPC-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Section-of-the-Day-306-IPC-300x300.png",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Section-of-the-Day-306-IPC-768x768.png",768,768,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Section-of-the-Day-306-IPC-1024x1024.png",1024,1024,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Section-of-the-Day-306-IPC.png",1080,1080,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Section-of-the-Day-306-IPC.png",1080,1080,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.centurylawfirm.in\/blog\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code punished abetment of suicide: helping, pushing or provoking another person to end his or her own life. 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