Non-Disbursal Of Sanctioned Loan Does Not Amount To Abetment To Suicide: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court Bench at Aurangabad has held that employees of a finance company cannot be held criminally liable for abetment of suicide under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, simply because they delayed the disbursal of a sanctioned loan, demanded processing fees, or accepted one advance instalment, following which the applicant died by suicide. The decision was delivered on September 4, 2025 by a Division Bench of…
