A High Court has quashed a 2017 FIR against two senior resident doctors accused of abetting the suicide of a 24-year-old postgraduate medical trainee at a government teaching hospital. In its October 29, 2026, judgment, the court held that the investigation material did not establish the essential elements of abetment of suicide under Sections 306 and 107 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The case concerned the death of a first-year Master of Surgery (MS) resident on July 4, 2017, approximately 43 days after joining the institution.

The deceased trainee's father had alleged repeated mental and physical harassment by senior residents, including caste-based insults, excessive working hours, and pressure to purchase equipment required during surgical procedures. According to the prosecution, the resident had contacted his father on the morning of the incident and expressed a desire to leave…