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Punishing the Suicide Survivors- The Justifiability Smita Satapathy; Madhubrata Mohanty
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 15 No. 2 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Publisher : Institute of Medico-legal Publications Pvt Ltd

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37506/ijfmt.v15i2.14917

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Suicide is a product of social abnormality, and originates from social incapability and mental distress; itcannot be appropriately addressed under the orders of law. In India, day by day, thousands of individualsirrespective of gender, age, social status and educational qualifications are ending their lives by committingsuicide. The privilege to end one’s own life has become much talked about subject all through the world. InIndia, Criminal Law students are very often asked a question that ‘What is that act, which if completed isnot made punishable but the failure to complete it or the mere attempt is made punishable?’ The answer is“suicide” and ‘attempt to commit suicide’ is made punishable under Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code.An individual who is successful with regards to taking his own life gets away from all worldly miseries aswell as legal action where as one who fails in suicidal attempt is brought into the trawl of criminal courts.The issue with regard to de-criminalization of attempted suicide has been questioned with controversies,besides moral and human point of view. The present article aims at discussing the various factors responsibleas to why a person attempt to commit suicide and the attention towards the ongoing debate of retaining ordeleting Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 by testing its validity.
Co-Authors Madhubrata Mohanty