Like many other countries, India currently treats suicide attempts as a crime, where a sentence of up to a year in prison can be imposed. They are now considering whether to decriminalize suicide attempts and treat survivors as mental health patients. I would say that this would be a step in the right direction, since instead of giving further incentive to commit suicide by giving people a criminal record without treating the underlying motives, they would at least be trying to fix whatever is causing someone to commit suicide.
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