LET ME DIE CRY THE SOUL: ERADICATE SECTION 309 FROM INDIAN PENAL CODE

Abstract

Stormy or calm, life is dear to all but this precious gift has been bestowed to us not free of cost. Life is bequeathed with the composition of happiness and adversities. Irony of the matter is, that before gifting it god never ask our permission or opinion or take our advice that whether we are ready to accept this valuable gift or not. The gift is foisted upon us without even knowing the price of it. If the amalgamation is balanced we accept it whole heartily. But if the share of misfortunes or sorrows is more than the share of gaiety then not every individual gather courage to fight it back and accept the gift with contentment.  Everyone is not competent to pay the cost of it and hence those who find it difficult to foot its bill, chooses to end their life. This act of murdering oneself is called suicide.

                         Suicide dictionary meaning is the act of killing oneself intentionally. It means deliberately termination of one’s own physical existence or self- murder, where a man of age of discretion and compos mentis voluntarily kills himself. Suicide needs to be distinguished from euthanasia or mercy-killing. Former by its very nature is an act of self-killing or self-destruction, an act of terminating one’s own life sans the aid or assistance of any other human agency. Latter, on the other hand, involves the intervention of other human agency to end the life. Euthanasia is nothing but homicide, and unless specifically exempted it is an offence. It is noteworthy that our whole planet is the victim of this problem. Suicide is a principal cause to premature or unnatural death in the world.