Question
Download Solution PDF"Dowry deaths" are defined in which of the following sections of the Indian Penal Code?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Section 304-B IPC.
Key Points
- Section 304B was added to the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ("IPC"), which made dowry death a specific offense punishable with a minimum sentence of imprisonment for 7 years and maximum imprisonment for life.
- It provided that if the death of a woman is caused by burns or bodily injury or occurs in suspicious circumstances within 7 years of her marriage, and there's evidence to show that before her death, she was subjected to cruelty or harassment by her husband or his relative regarding the demand for dowry, then the husband or the relative shall be deemed to have caused her death.
- Dowry deaths are deaths of married women who are murdered or driven to suicide by continuous harassment and torture by their husbands and in-laws over a dispute about their dowry, making the women's homes the most dangerous place for them to be.
- The Indian criminal laws were comprehensively amended to include dowry as a punishable offense.
- A dowry case ideally should be filed within 7 years of marriage for a dowry claim to be won in court.
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