Investigating the Status of Legislation and Protective Measures Against Recurring Self-Suicidal Incidents Committed with Firearms: A Case Study of Sindh Province, Pakistan

Abstract

This article research is aimed to conduct a comprehensive study for evaluating the available legislative framework and protective measures covering suicidal acts related to firearms including finding of reasons and causes of such incidents in Sindh Province, Pakistan. The suicide is immense menace for developing countries including Pakistan seemed available in any form, but present research is limited to the extent self-suicidal incidents committed with firearm, an analytical investigation and study is carried out on such recurring incidents for investigating legislative hurdles and reasons. Particularly; taking precautionary and protective measures are recommended for initiating practical steps in the province and to implement the law in letter in sprits. Research is limited to Sindh Province, Pakistan. Penal laws although not recognize definition of self-suicide as an offense including its punishment. The Procedural Law Code of Criminal procedure 1898, provides the procedural provision of trials related to attempt to commit suicide and self-suicidal offenses. Evidence law (Qanoon-e- Shahadat, 1984) is applied for evidence in such nature of trials of offenders. The Men who commit suicide and he dies, the wrongful act also dies with his self-suicidal. Situation reflects no positivity, societies are losing young talented prime lives because, since the ratio of suicidal incidents is more in men, it is loss of not only individual society at large including our homeland (Pakistan), the reasons and wisdom behind such persons is that if they were lived, could have their role in sphere of state’s development todays in every respective field, includes other professionals or common persons of the society. Keeping in view increasing rate of suicide incidents, it has become mandatory to save the loss of society. The study will recommend proposals for making changes in law and in public interest and can help in re moving and eliminating self-homicide incidents problems and for further taking protective and precautionary measures, to control illicit and licensed firearms in province to further save the lives of youth and elderly persons.