THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.982 of 2008 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. by the petitioners – accused 1 and 2 seeking to quash the proceedings against them in S.C.No.95 of 2007 on the file of the Assistant Sessions Judge, Kovvur, West Godavari District. During pendency of the case, the second accused died and hence the case against the second accused is dismissed as abated. First petitioner is arrayed as an accused in S.C.No.95 of 2007 for an offence under Section 306 IPC on the ground that one Madhulatha committed suicide. Since the said Madhulatha was in love with the petitioner herein and subsequently the petitioner refused to marry her, she committed suicide. On the basis of the suicide note left by the said Madhulatha, a case is registered under Section 306 IPC against the petitioners 1 and 2 and charge sheet also filed. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the entire reading of the complaint and also the suicide note does not disclose any offence under Section 306 IPC more particularly, there is no evidence to show that the petitioner induced the said Madhulatha to commit suicide and she committed suicide only because of the mental depression due to the fact that the petitioner herein refused to marry her. For better appreciation of the contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner, the suicide note left by the said Madhulatha is extracted herein: To Mother and Uncle Madhu writes. I am committing suicide. I know this is wrong. But there is no other way except this to me. I fell in love with Durga Rao. He also fell in love with me and promised to marry me. I blindly believed him. I did not expect that he is a cheater. He got married to another girl. He did not inform me and married secretely. Whenever I tried to meet him he promised me to meet me but he never came. Not only me, he is playing with many other girls. There is no sin in treating him as worst. Inspite of knowing that I am parentless, he did not have a minimum courtesy and spoiled my life. The reason for my death is Durga Rao and his mother. Even his mother is having connection in this. She came to know our affair and threatened his son that she will die. She also has a daughter. Anybody does the same with her daughter will she keep quiet. Mother please forgive me. Mummy also died and left behind you and I also doing the same. I thought about you from last many days. I had always thought of you that you will not bear with my death. After coming to know that Durga Rao got married, I tried many times to end my life but whenever I thought you I stopped to end my life. But in spite of facing mental depression daily, I felt it is better to end my life at a time. I know that you will not bear with my death. But I cannot tolerate this for my entire life. Even I am also going to meet my mother only. Don’t feel on my death. Do not leave the two persons behind my death. I am feeling very said. Make them suffer more than me. Uncle look after the mother well. To Police: The persons for my death Durga Rao and her mother be punished severely.” After hearing the arguments of the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Public Prosecutor, this Court perused the entire suicide note and also the documents filed by the prosecution. Even though some reasons are attributed for committing suicide, the contents of the said suicide note do not disclose any inducement by the petitioner herein. As stated in the suicide note that the said Madhulatha committed suicide due to her mental depression, and she wants to end her life. Hence, this court is of the view that the entire perusal of the record does not disclose the offence under Section 306 IPC. Hence, the proceedings in S.C.No.95 of 2007 on the file of the Assistant Sessions Judge, Kovvur, West Godavari District, against the petitioner are hereby quashed. With the above observation, the Criminal Petition is allowed. The miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed along with the criminal petition shall stand closed. ________________ RAJA ELANGO, J. 3rd March 2011, Rns.