The Bombay High Court (HC) has granted pre-arrest bail to a woman and her alleged partner accused of abetting the suicide of her estranged husband, noting that there was no direct instigation or incitement.

A single bench of Justice RN Laddha in its order of October 17 said there is nothing to indicate that the accused duo indulged in a conduct of such a “compelling or oppressive nature” leaving the husband with no viable alternative but to resort to the extreme measure of suicide.