INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
113B. Presumption as to dowry death.
118. Presumption as to dowry death.
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INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
[113B. Presumption as to dowry death. ––-When the question is whether a person has committed
the dowry death of a woman and it is shown that soon before her death such woman had been subjected
by such person to cruelty or harassment for, or in connection with, any demand for dowry, the court shall
presume that such person had caused the dowry death.
Explanation. –– For the purposes of this section, “dowry death” shall have the same meaning as in
section 304B of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).]
Repealed / replaced by BSA India Code — IEA 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
118. Presumption as to dowry death.—When the question is whether a person has committed the
dowry death of a woman and it is shown that soon before her death, such woman had been subjected by
such person to cruelty or harassment for, or in connection with, any demand for dowry, the Court shall
presume that such person had caused the dowry death.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, “dowry death” shall have the same meaning as
in section 80 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
Current law India Code — BSA 2023