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IPC Section 306 - Abetment of suicide
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IPC Section 306 deals with abetment of suicide.
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306. Abetment of suicide. If any person commits suicide, whoever abets the commission of such
suicide, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten
years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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