IEA 113A — Presumption as to abetment of suicide by a married woman

Indian Evidence Act, 1872

Statutory text

[113A.  Presumption  as  to  abetment  of  suicide  by  a  married  woman.  ––When  the  question  is
whether  the  commission  of  suicide  by  a  woman  had  been  abetted  by  her  husband  or  any  relative  of  her
husband and it is shown that she had committed suicide within a period of seven years from the date of
her marriage and that her husband or such relative of her husband had subjected her to cruelty, the court
may presume, having regard to all the other circumstances of the case, that such suicide had been abetted by her husband or by such relative of her husband.
Explanation.  ––  For  the  purposes  of  this  section,  “cruelty”  shall  have  the  same  meaning  as  in section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).]

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