AYYUB & ORS. versus STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH & ANR.

AYYUB & ORS. versus STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH & ANR.

The charge-sheet and material on record did not disclose the ingredients of Section 306 IPC or requisite intention to aid/instigate suicide; the prosecution relied on a one-sided, uncorroborated version and no adequate investigation of other angles was conducted, therefore continuing proceedings would be an abuse of process and must be quashed while directing a reinvestigation by a Special Investigation Team.

Parties
Appellants: Ayyub & Ors.; Respondents: State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.
Jurisdiction
India
Judgment Date
06 February 2025
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Appeal From High Court Order Declining to Quash Criminal Proceedings Under Section 482 Cr.p.c.
Outcome
Appeal allowed
Legal Topics
Abetment of Suicide, Section 306 IPC, Quashing of Criminal Proceedings, Section 482 Cr.p.c., Reinvestigation, Investigation Bias
Criminal Law Criminal Procedure Abetment of Suicide Section 306 IPC Quashing of Criminal Proceedings Section 482 Cr.p.c. Reinvestigation Investigation Bias

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Parties

Ayyub & Ors.

Appellants

State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.

Respondents

Procedural Posture

Criminal Appeal / Appeal From High Court Order Declining to Quash Criminal Proceedings Under Section 482 Cr.p.c.

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the charge under Section 306 IPC is made out against the appellants
  2. 2 Whether the High Court erred in declining to quash the proceedings under Section 482 Cr.P.C.
  3. 3 Whether a reinvestigation is required given the perceived one-sided investigation

Ratio Decidendi

The charge-sheet and material on record did not disclose the ingredients of Section 306 IPC or requisite intention to aid/instigate suicide; the prosecution relied on a one-sided, uncorroborated version and no adequate investigation of other angles was conducted, therefore continuing proceedings would be an abuse of process and must be quashed while directing a reinvestigation by a Special Investigation Team.

Court Disposition

Appeal allowed

Orders

  • Proceedings in Case No. 2843 of 2023 (arising out of Crime No. 367 of 2022, PS Rampur Maniharan, District Saharanpur) quashed as against the appellants
  • Director General of Police, Law and Order, Uttar Pradesh to constitute a Special Investigation Team headed by an officer of the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police to investigate the death of Tanu