Young Generation Unaware Of Consequences Of Following Western Culture Must Be Careful About Choices They Make: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court allowed the Bail Application of a boy charged with the abetment of suicide of his girlfriend. The Court remarked that Indian society is in a state of confusion about whether to allow young people to adopt Western norms or to keep them within the bounds of Indian culture. The Youth are unaware of the consequences of following Western culture, which can lead to heartbreak and even suicide, and they should be careful about the choices they make.

Justice Siddharth noted, “The Indian society is in the state of confusion whether to permit their young children to adopt the western norms or to keep them firmly within the bounds of Indian culture. The young generation, unaware of the consequences of following the western culture is entering into the relationships being aired on the social media, movies etc., and thereafter ,after denial of social recognition to their choice of partner they become disillusioned and behave, sometimes against the society, sometimes against their parents and sometimes also against the partner of their choice when they do not find any way out from the predicament wherein they get landed after entering into such relationship”.

Advocate Vineet Vikram appeared for the Applicant and Government Advocate Vipin Kumar appeared for the Respondents/State.

In this case, the Informant's daughter was in a relationship with the Applicant. As per Informant's contentions, the Applicant trespassed onto the property of the Informant and threatened the family, causing depression to the Informant's husband who later died of a heart attack. The Applicant, then, kidnapped and raped the daughter and she was given an intoxicating substance, which caused her to become unconscious and later died.

"This Court finds that it is a case where the deceased had initial affair with the applicant and both wanted to marry, but family members of deceased came in their way. Thereafter the victim developed relationship with another boy but the relationship with the applicant does not appears have been fully broken. Between the two relationships, the deceased could not find out any clear way and therefore, it appears that she consumed the mosquito repellant of Good Night after purchasing it from a shop and fell unconscious in the market place. She was taken to the hospital where she died during treatment", the Court asserted.

The Court noted that the case falls under the abetment of suicide and that the ingredients of the offence were not satisfied against the Applicant. The Court placed reliance on Supreme Court Judgement in the cases of Amalendu Pal V. State of W.B. (2009) 4 SCC 52 and Geo Varghese V. State of Rajasthan (Criminal Appeal no. 1164 of 2021) and reiterated that in cases of alleged abetment of suicide, there must be proof of direct or indirect acts of incitement to the commission of suicide.

Additionally, the Court held, “In the present case, the suicide note reveals that apart from an omnibus grievance against the accused herein, for which according to him. he ought to be punished, there is no reference or disclosure of any specific incident in support thereof".

Accordingly, the Court allowed the bail application.

Cause Title: Jai Govind @ Ramji Yadav v State of U.P.

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