"There is a difference between getting angry and committing suicide vis-a-vis abetment to suicide. For the offence of abetment to take place, there has to be a conscious and clear intention of the accused to prevail over the deceased to commit suicide. If somebody gets annoyed with someone and, therefore, commits suicide, this does not attract the provisions of criminal law. If that were to become the case, anybody and everybody could be labelled as an abettor in a suicide case!
"Whether Rhea is guilty of abetting Sushant's suicide can only definitively be determined by a court of law. As per the foundational principles of criminal law, she is innocent until proven guilty and her premature indictment by the public is deplorable, to say the least.”
- Abha Singh, Lawyer and Former Civil Servant
"The entire trial by the media is extremely distasteful, petty and appalling. They are doing a great disservice to the memory of SSR and a mockery of the system of justice. More than anything, they have turned Rhea into a pawn for witch hunt. Honestly, the media has spoilt something that could have been a mature investigation and something that could have led the conversation forward. They have not allowed sane voices to prevail and have picked up social media posts and turned it into major news.
- Meghna Pant, Author and Speaker
There is no suicide note, so the people associated with Sushant Singh Rajput will definitely need to be in a bracket of suspicion. But I am really appalled by the way the media is reacting and how they are trying to milk this whole thing politically which is extremely shocking. Whether Rhea Chakraborty is guilty or not, we have investigating agencies who are looking into the matter and it is they who will find the truth. Media is just denting somebody. What if she does something similar and what if she breaks down too? There are so many suicides taking place everywhere.
- Sadaf Jafar, Actor-Activist
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