‘Allegations of money demands don’t mean suicide abetment: Punjab High Court

5 min readChandigarhJul 30, 2026 04:46 PM IST The Punjab and Haryana High Court stated that the suicide note and the FIR cannot be depicted as expressing anything intentional on the part of the accused that the deceased might commit suicide. (File photo) On September 25, 2016, a family of four in Punjab killed themselves, with a suicide note blaming eight individuals over financial distress. A decade later, a court has now said mere allegations of persistent money demands do not make for abetment. Justice Manisha Batra of the Punjab and Haryana High Court made the observation on Wednesday while cancelling the case and all consequential proceedings against Kulvir Singh and his wife Rajvir Kaur, booked for abetment to suicide in connection with the deaths. “Mere allegations of persistent dem