A spouse cannot be accused of abetting the suicide of his or her partner merely because there was marital discord between the two, the Bombay High Court (HC) has said while quashing a case lodged against a woman for abetment of her husband’s suicide.

The HC’s Nagpur bench, in an order passed last week, held that matrimonial discord is common in domestic life and suicide cannot be attributed to any of the spouses solely due to a marital dispute.