Navin Nischol acquitted in wife's suicide case

RELIEF FOR THE ACTOR: Navin Nischol was charged with abetting his wife Geetanjali's suicide.

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Mumbai: Actor Navin Nischol, who was charged with abetting his wife Geetanjali's suicide, was acquitted by Mumbai Sessions Court on Tuesday. The actor was currently out on bail.

Geetanjali was found hanging by the ceiling fan at the couple’s suburban Mahim flat on the evening of April 22, 2006. A suicide note found in her hand blamed Navin and his brother Pravin for her decision to take her life.

Police had arrested the duo on April 28, 2006 charging them under Section 498 (a) (husband or in-laws subjecting a woman to cruelty) and Section 306 (abetting a suicide) of IPC.

Prosecution had also stated that according to the statement of Navin’s neighbour, he used to "beat" her up occasionally, while a house-servant had said that the couple used to "quarrel frequently".

But the sessions judge, who asked many probing questions to the investigation officer as wells as the defence lawyers about relations between Navin and Geetanjali and those between her and Pravin, refused to believe that further incarceration of the brothers was necessary.

At the earlier hearing, Navin’s lawyers had admitted that the couple’s marriage had broken down and that Navin had also approached a lawyer for divorce.