Citation

Shetty CK. Journal of South India Medicolegal Association 2015; 7(1): 26-30.

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(Copyright © 2015)

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Abstract

Suicide (felo de se) means deliberate termination of one's own physical existence or self-murder, where a man of age of discretion and compos mentis voluntarily kills himself. It is an act of voluntarily or intentionally taking one's own life. Suicide is committed by a person who has lost interest to live in this world but if he survives he can be punished according to the law followed in India. But is it ethical to do so. Here we just have a overview of the prevailing laws in India and the some the pleas to decriminalize it. © 2015 South India Medico-Legal Association. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Laws; Suicide; Decriminalization