Yet "discussion" is too neutral a word for the acrimony, intimidation and violence that now accompany Indian debate – all of which are part of the ethos of BJP-led governance and its attempt to redefine, through intervention or abetment, India's inheritance.
"Final satisfaction will come when he will be charged under section 306, abetment of suicide," Mr. Girotra said.
The judge said, "She like any Indian housewife was under pressure of her husband, so she committed abetment".
Lars Ulrich, Metallica's drummer, has alienated many Internet-loving fans with his vehement protest against what he (and many artists) considers Napster's abetment of piracy.
Now the Girotra and Parkash families want the government to charge Mr. Rathore with a more serious crime, abetment to suicide, contending that he drove Ruchika to her death.
Talese never raises the question of whether his decades-long silence about Foos's confessions constituted abetment, even after Foos claimed he had witnessed many crimes, including murder, rape and child abuse.
The Act is quite distinctive in that it penalises abetment of or attempt to commit any of the offences listed in the preceding sections (section 16).
In Singapore, attempted suicide, abetment of suicide, and abetment of attempted suicide are criminal acts.
There are some people for whom no amount of education is a defense against, or antidote to, political and other official kinds of lying -- or the abetment of such falsehoods.
If the offence is not committed due to the abetment, and it is punishable by imprisonment, the abettor is to be imprisoned for up to a quarter of the maximum jail term of the offence, or may receive a fine, or both.
