1. Heading of the Judgment

Case Title: Jameela & Ors. vs. The State of Madhya Pradesh
Citation: 2025 INSC 1121 (Criminal Appeal Nos. 3641-3642 of 2025)
Court: Supreme Court of India
Bench: Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Augustine George Masih
Date of Judgment: September 15, 2025
Nature: Non-Reportable

2. Related Laws and Legal Provisions

The judgment deals with the following key legal provisions:

• Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC):
  Section 305: Abetment of suicide of a child or an insane person.
  Section 506-B: Punishment for criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication or having taken precaution to conceal the identity or whereabouts. It prescribes imprisonment which may extend to two years.
  Section 195-A: Threatening or inducing any person to give false evidence. Crucially, this section was inserted by an amendment in 2006 and was not part of the IPC at the time of the incident in 1999.

• Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC):
  Section

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