<p>Delhi police have filed a plea in the Delhi High Court against a trial court's order discharging Congress MP Shashi Tharoor in a case of abetment of suicide of his wife Sunanda Pushkar in 2014.</p>.<p>Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma issued notice to Tharoor and fixed the matter for hearing on February 7.</p>.<p>Tharoor was discharged in the case of cruelty and abetment to suicide in August, 2021.</p>.<p>Pushkar was found dead on the evening of January 17, 2014 in a Delhi hotel.</p>.<p>Initially, Delhi police investigated the case as a murder, with an FIR registered under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). However, it charged Tharoor under Sections 306 (abetment of suicide) and 498A (cruelty by husband) of the IPC.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/delhi-high-court-notice-to-shashi-tharoor-in-sunanda-pushkar-death-case-1167358.html" target="_blank">Delhi High Court notice to Shashi Tharoor in Sunanda Pushkar death case</a></strong></p>.<p>On Thursday, senior advocate Vikas Pahwa, appearing for Tharoor, cited the delay in filing of the plea by the police. He also relied upon earlier orders against sharing of the records of the case details to third parties to avoid media trial.</p>.<p>Delhi police counsel agreed that the records of the case would not be shared with anyone.</p>.<p>In August, 2021 order, the trial court had said there was nothing on record to suggest that Tharoor had "provoked, incited or induced his wife Pushkar to commit suicide”.</p>.<p>In 176-page order, Special Judge Geetanjali Goel, had said the prosecution has not been able to point out even one instance where the accused had done something purposefully which facilitated the commission of the offence. </p>.<p>“There is nothing to demonstrate any overt act on the part of the accused (Tharoor) and only on the ground that he continued the alleged affair with MT (a Pakistani journalist) (even if it is assumed) and exchanged messages with her, it cannot be presumed that he had abetted the commission of suicide by the deceased,” she had said. </p>.<p>The court had then said there is no material whatsoever against the accused much less any positive act to instigate or aid the deceased in committing the suicide, even if it is assumed that the death was a suicide. </p>.<p>The court had also noted the deceased might have felt distressed or mentally disturbed with the alleged extra-marital relation of the accused but mental disturbance does not constitute the offence of abetment. </p>
<p>Delhi police have filed a plea in the Delhi High Court against a trial court's order discharging Congress MP Shashi Tharoor in a case of abetment of suicide of his wife Sunanda Pushkar in 2014.</p>.<p>Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma issued notice to Tharoor and fixed the matter for hearing on February 7.</p>.<p>Tharoor was discharged in the case of cruelty and abetment to suicide in August, 2021.</p>.<p>Pushkar was found dead on the evening of January 17, 2014 in a Delhi hotel.</p>.<p>Initially, Delhi police investigated the case as a murder, with an FIR registered under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). However, it charged Tharoor under Sections 306 (abetment of suicide) and 498A (cruelty by husband) of the IPC.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/delhi-high-court-notice-to-shashi-tharoor-in-sunanda-pushkar-death-case-1167358.html" target="_blank">Delhi High Court notice to Shashi Tharoor in Sunanda Pushkar death case</a></strong></p>.<p>On Thursday, senior advocate Vikas Pahwa, appearing for Tharoor, cited the delay in filing of the plea by the police. He also relied upon earlier orders against sharing of the records of the case details to third parties to avoid media trial.</p>.<p>Delhi police counsel agreed that the records of the case would not be shared with anyone.</p>.<p>In August, 2021 order, the trial court had said there was nothing on record to suggest that Tharoor had "provoked, incited or induced his wife Pushkar to commit suicide”.</p>.<p>In 176-page order, Special Judge Geetanjali Goel, had said the prosecution has not been able to point out even one instance where the accused had done something purposefully which facilitated the commission of the offence. </p>.<p>“There is nothing to demonstrate any overt act on the part of the accused (Tharoor) and only on the ground that he continued the alleged affair with MT (a Pakistani journalist) (even if it is assumed) and exchanged messages with her, it cannot be presumed that he had abetted the commission of suicide by the deceased,” she had said. </p>.<p>The court had then said there is no material whatsoever against the accused much less any positive act to instigate or aid the deceased in committing the suicide, even if it is assumed that the death was a suicide. </p>.<p>The court had also noted the deceased might have felt distressed or mentally disturbed with the alleged extra-marital relation of the accused but mental disturbance does not constitute the offence of abetment. </p>
