Suicide and the Law: Indian Perspective

Abstract

Suicide is defined as an act in which a person intentionally causes his/her own death. In India, the number of people who ended their lives by committing suicide was 131, 666[1] in 2014; 133, 623[2] in 2015; and 230, 314[3] in 2016. Attempt to die by suicide is defined as a nonfatal and self-injurious behavior with an intent to die. For every death by suicide, on an average, 25 people attempt to die by suicide.[4-6]