SC dismisses appeal against Calcutta HC order discharging accused in abetment of suicide case

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a plea by West Bengal Police challenging a Calcutta High Court's verdict discharging an accused in an alleged abetment of suicide case by holding that terming the woman a "call girl" cannot be interpreted to be an act of instigating.

A bench of justices Indu Malhotra and R Subhash Reddy said there was no merit in the appeal filed by the state requiring any interference in the "well reasoned judgement" of the high court.

The high court had in July 2009 discharged the accused of the charges framed against them under section 306 (abetment of suicide) read with section 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in the case.

According to the prosecution, the girl had committed suicide after the parents of the man, with whom she had developed intimacy and wanted to marry, had addressed her as a "call girl".

It was alleged that the man was appointed as a teacher of the girl, who was a painter and artist, and they had developed intimacy during ...