Abetment of suicide of child or insane person
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Summary
If a person who is under eighteen, insane, delirious, an idiot, or intoxicated takes their own life, anyone who abets that suicide faces very severe punishment. The abettor may be sentenced to death, life imprisonment, or imprisonment for up to ten years, and must also pay a fine. The rule targets cases where the victim lacked full capacity because of age, mental condition, or intoxication.
Example
Rohan pressures his intoxicated neighbour Karan to swallow pills and Karan dies by suicide. Because Karan was in a state of intoxication when he killed himself, Rohan can be prosecuted and may face death, life imprisonment, or up to ten years' jail plus a fine.
Bare Act
Enacted textIf any person under eighteen years of age, any insane person, any delirious person, any idiot, or any person in a state of intoxication commits suicide, whoever abets the commission of such suicide, shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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