RAJWANT KAUR ALIAS RAJ vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS Advocate - A.G. PUNJAB — CRR/1433/2023

Case under Indian Penal Code Section 306. Disposed: --ALLOWED on 14th May 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: PHHC010699762023

Filing Number

CRR/41817/2023

Filing Date

25-May-2023

Registration No

CRR/1433/2023

Registration Date

01-Jun-2023

Judge

Mr. Justice N.S. Shekhawat

Coram

Mr. Justice N.S. Shekhawat

Bench Type

Single

Category

37.1 - CRIMINAL REVISION (I.O.) ( 224 )

Judicial Branch

CRIMINAL BRANCH

Decision Date

14-May-2026

Nature of Disposal

--ALLOWED

Last updated 01-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Indian Penal Code Section 306

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.RAJWANT KAUR ALIAS RAJ

    Adv. SURINDER THAKUR

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS Advocate - A.G. PUNJAB

  2. 2.SSP

  3. 3.SHO (Station House Officer)

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 14-May-2026

    Mr. Justice N.S. ShekhawatView PDF

    Case Summary: CRR/1433/2023 Decision: The High Court of Punjab and Haryana allowed the petition and quashed the Section 306 IPC (abetment of suicide) charge against Rajwant Kaur, ordering her discharge. Key Reasoning: The court found that to convict under Section 306 IPC, there must be clear mens rea and a positive act proximate to the suicide that compelled the victim to commit suicide. Here, the deceased (Karam Chand) had pre-planned his act by bringing petrol on his two-wheeler and set himself ablaze after the petitioner refused his advances—demonstrating no abetment by the accused. Mere allegations of harassment without proximate causative action cannot sustain conviction. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 25-May-2023

    Case filed

    Registration No. CRR/1433/2023

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: CRR/1433/2023 Decision: The High Court of Punjab and Haryana allowed the petition and quashed the Section 306 IPC (abetment of suicide) charge against Rajwant Kaur, ordering her discharge. Key Reasoning: The court found that to convict under Section 306 IPC, there must be clear mens rea and a positive act proximate to the suicide that compelled the victim to commit suicide. Here, the deceased (Karam Chand) had pre-planned his act by bringing petrol on his two-wheeler and set himself ablaze after the petitioner refused his advances—demonstrating no abetment by the accused. Mere allegations of harassment without proximate causative action cannot sustain conviction. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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