O R D E R

(Dated this the 16th day of January, 2026)

The petitioner is the sole accused in S.C No.704 of 2017 on the file of Assistant Sessions Court, Thiruvananthapuram arising out of Crime No.797 of 2014 of CBCID, Thiruvananthapuram. The offence alleged against the petitioner is under Section 306 of IPC .

2. The petitioner is the husband of the de facto complainant, whose only daughter died at her budding age in an accident. The prosecution case is that, when the de facto complainant had not fully recovered from the grief on account of the death of her daughter, the accused directed her to go to the State Bank of Travancore and to collect the insurance claim of her daughter. When she refused to go to the Bank, in a heat of passion, replied that he had already lost his daughter and hence she also could commit suicide. It is further alleged that because of the above instigation given by the accused, the daughter of the de facto complainant committed suicide during the early morning on 03.10.2011.

3. According to the learned counsel for the petitioner, a single instance of comment made by the petitioner without any intention to instigate his wife to commit suicide does not constitute