The court observed that Pushkar might have felt distressed or mentally disturbed with the alleged extra-marital relation of the accused, but mental disturbance does not constitute the offence of abetment.
Pushkar was found dead on the evening of January 17, 2014. Initially, Delhi police investigated the same as a murder and charged Tharoor under Sections 306 (abetment of suicide) and 498A (cruelty by husband).
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Saturday urged a city court to prosecute Congress MP Shashi Tharoor for abetment to suicide or “in alternative” on murder charge in the case of death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar in 2014. “Please frame sections 498-A (husband or his relative subjecting a woman to cruelty), 306 (abetment of suicide) […]
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