Attempt to suicide no longer a crime:MoS Haribhai Chaudhary in Rajya Sabha
December 11, 2014
New Delhi, December 10, 2014
Attempt to suicide will no longer a crime.
The Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary in a written reply to Shri Vivek Gupta in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday stated that 18 States and 4 Union Territory Administrations have supported that Section 309 of the IPC may be deleted. Keeping in view the responses from the States/UTs, it has been decided to delete Section 309 of IPC from the Statute book.
He said, the Law Commission of India, in its 210th Report, had recommended that Section 309 (attempt to Commit suicide) of IPC needs to be effected from the statute book. As law and order is the State subject, views of States/UTs were requested on the recommendations of the Law Commission.
He said, the details regarding attempt to commit suicide are not maintained.
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