Accused And Victim Taking Suicidal Drugs Together Constitutes The Crime Of Inducing Suicide
T.C. JUDICIAL COURT 1ST CRIMINAL CHAMBER E. 2013/4118, K. 2013/7481
THE CRIME OF INDUCING TO SUICIDE ( The Defendant Proposed Suicide to the Victim / Asked the Victim to Bring Medication – The Defendant and the Victim took medication together and were brought back to life as a result of the treatment / The Defendant Will Be Punished for the Crime of Inducing Suicide )
THE ACCUSED AND THE VICTIM TOGETHER TAKING DRUGS FOR SUICIDE PURPOSES ( The Accused Proposed to Commit Suicide and Asked the Victim to Bring Drugs – As a Result of the Treatment, They Were Returned to Life / The Accused Should Be Punished for the Crime of Inducing Suicide )5237/TCK 84
SUMMARY : The defendant offered the victim to commit suicide together and asked her to bring the drugs to be used for suicide. After the defendant and the victim drank the drugs together, she was brought back to life as a result of the treatment. The defendant should be punished for the offense of directing suicide.
CASE : The file was examined and the necessity was considered:
DECISION : In the examination made upon the appeal of the Public Prosecutor;
Upon the family’s disapproval of the friendship between 31-year-old defendant B., who is married and father of two children, and 16-year-old victim K., B. sent a message to K.’s phone on 11.03.2010 and said “are you up for anything with me”, and K. replied “yes”. ‘s answer was “yes”, this time he asked the victim to bring him a medicine that would kill him, on 12.03.2010 K. took 4 boxes of medicine from home and met B. after school, they went from Mersin to Erdemli together, they stayed in a boarding house, on 14.03.2010 B. asked K. if he brought the medicine, K. said that he did and they shared the medicine, first K. started to drink the medicine, B. also drank the medicine, after a while they went to the hospital. On 14.03.2010, B. asked K. if he brought the medicines, and after K. said that he did, they shared the medicines, K. started to drink first, B. also drank the medicines, after a while they went to the hospital and they were brought back to life as a result of the treatment, it is understood that the defendant B. offered to commit suicide and the victim provided and brought the medicines used to commit suicide upon the request of the defendant, and without considering that the defendant should be punished for the crime of directing suicide, it was decided to acquit him as written,
CONCLUSION : It was decided unanimously on 04.12.2013 that the appeals of the Public Prosecutor should be accepted in this respect and the verdict should be reversed as in the notification.