Illicit Affair Not Suicide Abetment: High Court Upholds Acquittal

• Chhattisgarh High Court dismissed an appeal in a wife's suicide case, upholding the acquittal of the husband and his female friend.
• The court ruled that an illicit relationship alone cannot be considered instigation for suicide under Section 306.
• Kunti committed suicide in 2017; her family accused husband Ravi Kumar Gaikwad and his friend of abetment due to an alleged illicit relationship and harassment.
• Mahasamund Sessions Court acquitted the accused in 2022, citing lack of concrete evidence for direct instigation.
• The High Court affirmed that while morally wrong, an illicit relationship requires direct proof of instigation for Section 306 to apply.

Why It Matters: High Court: Illicit relationships are not automatically abetment to suicide without direct instigation.