Delhi HC: Extramarital affair alone not abetment to suicide; upholds acquittal

• Delhi High Court upheld the acquittal of a man in his wife’s suicide case.
• The court ruled that an extramarital affair alone is not sufficient to attract the offence of abetment to suicide (Section 306 IPC).
• No immediate or direct instigation compelling the victim to commit suicide was found by the court.
• The ruling dismissed a prosecution appeal challenging the acquittal of Hamid, accused after his wife died in November 2010.

Why It Matters: Court clarifies extramarital affairs alone don't constitute abetment to suicide.