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    High Courts Can’t Use Suo Motu Powers to Increase Punishment or Add Charges Without Appeal: Supreme Court
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    High Courts Can’t Use Suo Motu Powers to Enhance Punishment or Add Charges Without Appeal: Supreme Court

    The Supreme Court of India clarified that High Courts cannot autonomously increase punishments or introduce new charges without appeals from the state or victim. This ruling followed Nagarajan’s case, where the High Court unjustly enhanced his sentence for abetment of suicide. The Supreme Court restored his original conviction under Sections 354 and 448 IPC.

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    Supreme Court: 'Proof of Direct Or Indirect Instigation Is Essential for Abetment of Suicide under IPC Section 306'
    Supreme Court: 'Proof of Direct Or Indirect Instigation Is Essential for Abetment of Suicide under IPC Section 306'
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    Supreme Court: ‘Proof of Direct Or Indirect Instigation Is Essential for Abetment of Suicide Under IPC Section 306’

    The Supreme Court ruled that proving mens rea is essential for abetment of suicide under Section 306 of the IPC. In a case involving a man and his family accused of motivating his wife’s suicide, the court determined insufficient evidence of intent to sustain charges, emphasizing a critical temporal link between instigation and the act.

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