Assoo vs State Of M.P

The Supreme Court set aside the conviction under Section 304B IPC and convicted the appellant under Section 306 IPC, sentencing him to three years of rigorous imprisonment. The Court found the evidence of prosecution witnesses, particularly PWs 1 and 2, to be unreliable and insufficient to establish abetment of suicide. It emphasized that not every quarrel leading to suicide constitutes abetment, and the evidence presented did not meet the required standard to prove culpability under Section 306 IPC.