IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
L.VICTORIA GOWRI, J
Thahira Banu – Appellant
Versus
The State of Tamilnadu – Respondent
ORDER
This Criminal Revision Petition is directed against the order dated
21.08.2023 passed by the learned Sessions Judge (Fast Track Mahila Court), Dindigul in Criminal M.P. No. 528 of 2023 in S.C. No. 140 of 2022, whereby the petitioner’s discharge petition under Section 227 Cr.P.C . was dismissed.
2. Factual Matrix:
2.1 Crime No. 884 of 2021 was registered under Section 174(3)
Cr.P.C . on a complaint by the de facto complainant, alleging suspicious circumstances surrounding the suicide by hanging of her daughter, Rubia Parvin, on 08.08.2021.
2.2 After investigation, the police altered the offence to one under Section 306 IPC (abetment of suicide) against three accused, including the petitioner (third accused).
2.3 A final report was filed as P.R.C. No. 2 of 2022 before the Additional Judicial Magistrate (Fast Track Mahila Court), Dindigul, which was committed to the Sessions Judge and numbered as S.C. No.
140 of 2022.
2.4 The petitioner moved Criminal M.P. No. 528 of 2023 under Section 227 Cr.P.C . for discharge, asserting that she never resided with the victim or her husband, maintained a separate household, and had no role in instigating the suicide.
2.5 The learned Sessions Judg
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