{"id":11730,"date":"2025-11-15T05:20:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T05:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/?p=11730"},"modified":"2025-11-15T05:25:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T05:25:05","slug":"gian-kaur-v-state-of-punjab-1996-right-to-die-section-306-309-ipc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/gian-kaur-v-state-of-punjab-1996-right-to-die-section-306-309-ipc\/","title":{"rendered":"Gian Kaur v. State of Punjab (1996): Constitutional Validity of Section 306 & 309 IPC and Right to Die under Article 21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

<\/span>Gian Kaur v. State of Punjab 1996 2 SCC 648<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>Bench<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Judges<\/th><\/tr>
J.S. Verma; G.N. Ray; N.P. Singh; Faizan Uddin; G.T. Nanawati; JJ.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>Facts Of The Case<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the Present case[2], Gian Kaur and her husband Harbans Singh have been convicted by the trial court for abetting the commission of suicide by Kulwant Kaur under section 306 of the Indian PENAL Code, 1860 (herein after referred as IPC) and were subsequently sentenced to rigorous imprisonment of Six years each along with a fine of 2000 Rupees and in default of which anther sentence of nine month rigorous imprisonment.<\/p>

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