Breakup alone doesn’t count as abetment of suicide: Supreme court

The Supreme Court said a breakup or refusal to marry does not automatically mean abetment of suicide.
The Court said there must be clear evidence that a person encouraged or helped someone to die by suicide.
The ruling came in a case involving a woman who died by suicide after a relationship ended.
The Court said the accused cannot be held responsible only because the relationship ended or marriage did not happen.

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