Can’t frame same person for murder and suicide abetment

The high court of Bombay at Goa has held that a trial court cannot direct framing of charges against an accused for abetment to commit suicide and alternatively for murder.
The order comes in the case of an accused arrested for allegedly being responsible for the death of a youth at Valpoi in 2014.

Article referred: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/HC-Cant-frame-same-person-for-murder-and-suicide-abetment/articleshow/52719326.cms

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