A woman committed suicide by jumping into a well along with her two sons here this morning, police said.
Rooprani (28) jumped into the well with Mithun (6) and Ankit (2) in Garai village under Saini police station area, police said, adding the three bodies have been taken out and sent for post-mortem.
Rooprani, who got married about eight years ago, had come to her parents' house four days ago where she took the extreme step.
The reason behind suicide was not immediately known, police added.
While supporting the Bill, senior advocate Rebecca John
had a slightly different take as she questioned the "conditional decriminalisation" of the offence, saying it was "not at all adequate", reflecting "lack of understanding" on the legislature's part about emotional state of a human being.
Lekhi said those who attempt suicide were mentally ill as human beings "possess a survival instinct" which prevents them from taking own life.
John was of the view that suicide attempts should be completely decriminalised without any condition that the person ought to be mentally ill, because such a step is taken by an individual due to "momentary weakness in mental strength" and need not be suffering from any mental ailment.
She said that section 309 was "archaic and outdated" and several high courts of the country had repeatedly asked Parliament to strike it down.
Tulsi on the other hand said the government's decision to decriminalise the offence of attempt to suicide "was a good move" as there have been no convictions till date under section 309 of IPC.
He also said it was "ironical" that if a person failed to kill himself, then the State will prosecute him under the IPC provision. "We have every right to be custodian of our body. The person who takes his life is not a criminal in technical sense," Tulsi said.
Onus to prove that a person who attempts to suicide is suffering from mental illness at the time of attempting and shall not be liable to punished under the said section always lies on the State, not on the accused, Tulsi said.
