IEA 113B — Presumption as to dowry death

Indian Evidence Act, 1872

Statutory text

[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).]

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