SUVARNA JAWAHARLAL KAKANI vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER — APEAL/454/2025

CASE SUMMARY: APEAL/454/2025 The High Court of Judicature at Bombay (Aurangabad Bench) dismissed the appellant's criminal appeal challenging the acquittal of Arvind Ghodke in a suicide abetment case. Suvarna Kakani's husband committed suicide on 03-01-2018 following loan disputes; she alleged Ghodke's persistent harassment and threats caused his death under IPC Sections 306, 504, 506. The court found insufficient evidence of proximate instigation—the suicide note predated the death by 3-4 months, witnesses failed to specify threats or abuses, no immediate triggering conduct occurred on the suicide day, and the deceased had independent mental stress from business failure. Applying the "proximate trigger" doctrine, the court upheld the acquittal. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.