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Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code deserves to be effected from the statute book to humanize our Penal Laws. It is cruel and irrational provision and it may result in punishing a person again who had suffered agony and would be undergoing ignominy because of his failure to commit suicide."
This above dictum was laid down in:

A. Gian Kaur v. State of Punjab

B. Abhayanand Mishra v. State of Bihar

C. P. Rathinam v. Union of India

D. Machhi Singh v. State of Punjab

Answer: Option C


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