Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 31 -- The Kerala High Court has ruled that casual remarks such as "go away and die" often employed during a quarrel between two people do not amount to abetment of suicide.

The bench of justice C Pratheep Kumar made the observations, relying on a 1995 Supreme Court order in the Swami Prahaladdas v/s State of MP, while examining a criminal revision petition filed by a 30-year-old man who faced charges including abetment to suicide.

In this case, the petitioner was in a relationship with a married woman. When the woman came to know that he was planning to marry another woman, she inquired with him, resulting in a verbal quarrel. During the argument, he allegedly told her to "go away and die'. The woman and her fiv...