Relief in suicide abetment for bizman

The Bombay high court on Wednesday quashed a first information report (FIR) against city-based businessman Nishit Patel who was accused of instigating the suicide of his friend.

- Prateem Rohanekar

trical control panels for over 20 years, had approached the court after the Khar police filed a chargesheet against him based on the suicide note and a statement of the deceased's employee. Patel and his family had good relations with the family of the deceased, who had been running a shop in Bandra selling household articles for more than 50 years. He would often advance loans to the deceased and his son via loan agreements. On October 27, 2015, Patel's wife loaned ₹25 lakh to the deceased — though the loan was advanced without a written agreement, it was made part of an agreement in March 2017.