Delhi HC: Woman not liable for lover's suicide over 'love failure'

The Delhi High Court, in granting pre-arrest bail to two individuals accused in abetment of suicide case, remarked that a woman cannot be held accountable for abetting a man’s suicide if he ends his life due to “love failure”.

The court underscored that holding another person accountable for the actions of an individual with a “weak and frail mentality” is not justifiable.

“If a lover commits suicide due to love failure, if a student commits suicide because of his poor performance in the examination, a client commits suicide because his case is dismissed, the lady, examiner, lawyer respectively cannot be held to have abetted the commission of suicide,” Justice Amit Mahajan said.

The court’s order came while granting anticipatory bail to two persons, a woman and her friend, who are facing prosecution for allegedly instigating the man to commit suicide in 2023.