Monday, 4 January 2016

HC summons IO in suicide case

Gujarat high court on Monday summoned the investigating officer from Vejalpur police station in Panchmahals, who is probing a case of the suicide of a youth over alleged incestuous relationships of his wife.
The man had killed himself in April 2014. His family members recovered letters by him mentioning that he was fed up with his wife's incestuous relationships with her father and brother.On basis of the material recovered, suggesting that the wife's relationship was the reason for his extreme step, the man's father lodged an FIR in 2015, accusing his daughter-inlaw, her father, brother and a cousin of abetment to suicide.The cops booked them under section 306 of the IPC. The complainant alleged that his son was disturbed with his wife's relationships and there were frequent quarrels between them over this. The in vestigation conducted by cops in this case revealed that the family members had evidence in tge form of letters left behind by the deceased which mention detail about his wife.
Against the FIR, the wo man's father, brot her and the cousin moved the high co urt denying all alle gations of incestuo us relationships with her. The HC sta yed police from ta king any action aga inst the accused. During the hearing on Monday , the counsel for the accused emphasized on documents recovered by the cops after the suicide and highlighted that there was no mention of any such reason for the suicide.

Sources: TNN
 

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