Painful Love Story: You must be tired of hearing the words love, affection and betrayal. Today we will talk about whether there are different laws in law for boys and girls who are cheated in love? Do the police investigate the two cases differently? If a girl or woman commits suicide due to failure in love, then the police immediately register a case and start investigation, but if the same case is reversed i.e. a man or boy commits suicide because of a woman or girl, then an FIR is registered. Why does the police take time?
The Delhi High Court has given such a decision on Wednesday, after which a debate can once again erupt in the country regarding this issue. In fact, the Delhi High Court, while granting anticipatory bail to two persons in a case of abetment to suicide, said that if a man commits suicide due to failure in love, his female partner cannot be held responsible for abetment to suicide. .
What did HC say in its argument
The High Court argued that no one else can be blamed for the wrong decision taken by a person with weak mentality. The bench of Justice Amit Mahajan said in its judgment that if someone commits suicide after failure in love, if a student commits suicide due to poor performance, then the examiner cannot be held responsible for abetting the suicide. The court said this while giving the example of a person who was cheated in love and then granted anticipatory bail to both the accused named in this case.
In the year 2023, a case was registered against two people for abetting suicide in Delhi. (file photo)
Why are the methods of testing different when it comes to love?
In fact, in the year 2023, a case was registered against two people for abetting suicide in Delhi. While registering the case, the father of the deceased had given a complaint to the police that there was a love affair between a woman and his son. Whereas, the second accused was a common friend of both of them (the woman and the man who committed suicide). In the complaint given to the police by the father of the deceased, it was alleged that both of them instigated my son to commit suicide and said that there was a physical relationship between them.
The complaint states that the boy was shocked after hearing the woman’s words and committed suicide. Before committing suicide, the boy wrote a suicide note, ‘I was having a love affair with the said woman. But, one day both of them told that there is a physical relationship between them also. Hearing this, I was deeply mentally traumatized and because of this I am committing suicide. The said woman and her friend are responsible for my death.
What do police officers say?
Former Joint Police Commissioner of Delhi, SBS Tyagi, in a conversation with News 18 Hindi, says, ‘The place of women in law and society has always been in the weaker section i.e. weaker section of the society. Not only today, women have been considered weaker than men since ancient times. On the other hand, there is a mentality in the society that it is a male dominated society. There is mental pressure on women also regarding this. If a woman commits suicide, then somewhere there is a love affair related issue or somewhere there is a case of exploitation with her.
Delhi High Court has now granted anticipatory bail to both the persons. (Image:AnyTV)
Tyagi further says, ‘Whether he has promised her marriage or he is exploiting her for some other reason. Often, after having relations with women, men later turn away from their relations. Due to this, the woman immediately gets mentally traumatized and she takes steps like suicide. But, this does not happen with men. Court decisions regarding men are given keeping all aspects in mind.
What do social organizations say?
At the same time, social activist Barkha Trehan says, ‘See, I believe that women also exploit men. The court’s decision also comes in favor of women in most of the cases. But, it is not that girls or women do not make mistakes. For example, in cases registered under 498A, the police arrest the entire family and even the people from the neighborhood without investigating. This happens when the police does not have any kind of evidence. Just on the basis of the girl’s statement or suicide note, you let the boys in. But, the boy mentions the harassment he faced in his suicide note and also goes away after writing a suicide note. There, you leave him? If the mental condition of men worsens or mental illness occurs, your method of investigation changes and in the case of women, your method also becomes different.
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Trehan further says, ‘See, it is not hidden from anyone how much pressure the common man, especially men, work under in today’s times. He has pressure from family, pressure from boss, pressure from mother, pressure from father, pressure from wife, pressure from friends. Besides this, who knows how much pressure he is facing. But, if incidents happen, where are the boys heard? You have formed many commissions for women. At the same time, even if the man wants to file an FIR, where will he file it? If he goes to court, won’t he be heard there too? Where should the poor man go? Therefore, I am demanding the formation of a Men’s Commission in the country, where cases of domestic violence and other types of harassment against men can be heard.
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Tags: DELHI HIGH COURT, Indian women, Lifestyle, Love
FIRST PUBLISHED: April 18, 2024, 18:21 IST