Today, the Karnataka High Court denied the quashing petition filed by Nikita Singhania in the Abetment of Suicide Case.
Justice SR Krishna Kumar observed that the first information report (FIR) appeared to contain prima facie evidence of all the elements required for the offence of abetment of suicide.
"My reading of this complaint is that ingredients are made out. And it is not a case of quashing," the Court said.
Singhania's counsel argued that the FIR was being challenged on the grounds that it failed to disclose the commission of the offence.
"Details are given (in the complaint and FIR). Look at the complaint. All details are given. Tell me what more should have been given for abetment of suicide? According to me, all contents of abetment are there. Everything is narrated. In matters of this type, what more do you want? Details of offence under Section 306 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 108 Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), what more can be given," the Court said.
The court adjourned the matter, instructing the prosecution to submit details of the investigation conducted thus far and the evidence gathered.'
"What material have you collected? Complaint along with other material on record, if either doesn't make cognizable offence, then it can be quashed," the Court remarked while deferring the case.
The court was hearing a petition filed by Nikita Singhania, seeking the quashing of the FIR against her. On January 4, a Bengaluru court had granted interim bail to Singhania in the case.
Subhash, a 34-year-old software engineer, had died by suicide in Bengaluru, leaving behind a detailed suicide note and a video in which he blamed his estranged wife, Nikita Singhania, and her family for harassing him and filing false cases, which he claimed led him to take his own life. His video and note sparked widespread debate on social media, with many calling for the arrest of Nikita and her family members.
In the video, Subhash accused Nikita and her family of harassing him with multiple matrimonial cases during their ongoing legal dispute over divorce, alimony, and child custody in a family court in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh.
Following the uproar, a first information report (FIR) was filed in Bengaluru against Nikita and three of her family members under Sections 108 (abetment of suicide) and 3(5) (criminal act with a common intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
Subsequently, Nikita, her mother, and brother were arrested by Bengaluru police and remanded to judicial custody. They later approached the High Court to quash the case.
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