"Nikhil Soni vs Union of India" (2006), a case filed in the Rajasthan High Court, citing the "Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug vs Union Of India" case related to euthanasia, and the "Gian Kaur" case, argued, "No person has a right to take his own life consciously, as the right to life does not include the right to end the life voluntarily." So the petitioner cited "Sallekhana" as a suicide and thus punishable under Section 309 (attempt to commit suicide). The case also extended to those who helped facilitate the deaths of individuals observing "Sallekhana," finding they were culpable under Section 306 (abetment of suicide) with aiding and abetting an act of suicide. It was also argued that "Sallekhana" "serves as a means of coercing widows and elderly relatives into taking their own lives". An attempt to commit suicide was a crime under Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code.