Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajputs’s father lodged a complaint against his rumoured actor girlfriend Rhea Chakaraborty and six others,
including her family members, on Tuesday on allegations of abetment to suicide,
reported PTI.

The late actors father K K Singh lodged an FIR with Rajiv
Nagar police station under various sections of IPC including 306 (abetment of
suicide) on July 25,” Additional SHO Jogendra Kumar told PTI.

What is abetment of suicide?

According to Indian
Penal Code Section 306, a person is guilty of abetment when he/ she
provokes somebody to commit suicide or is part of a conspiracy to make a person commit suicide or
intentionally assists the victim in committing suicide by doing
something or not doing something that he/she was bound to do.

How is one punishable if proven guilty?

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.