Of Offencesaffectingthe Human Body
IPC Section 304B - Dowry death
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 304B deals with dowry death.
Full official legal text
304B. Dowry death. (1) Where the death of a woman is caused by any burns or bodily injury or
occurs otherwise than under normal circumstances within seven years of her marriage and it is shown that
soon before her death she was subjected to cruelty or harassment by her husband or any relative of her
husband for, or in connection with, any demand for dowry, such death shall be called "dowry death", and
such husband or relative shall be deemed to have caused her death.
Explanation.-- For the purposes of this sub -section, "dowry" shall have the same meaning as in
section 2 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (28 of 1961).
(2) Whoever commits dowry death shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be
less than seven years but which may extend to imprisonment for life.]
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