Under Section 304B IPC, 'dowry death' occurs when the death of a woman is caused by:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D.
1. Section 304B(1) IPC: '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.'
2. Punishment: minimum 7 years, maximum life imprisonment (Section 304B(2)).
3. Section 113B Indian Evidence Act creates a presumption of dowry death where the prosecution proves the foundational facts.
4. 'Soon before' has been interpreted as a flexible proximate-cause concept (Kans Raj v. State of Punjab, AIR 2000 SC 2324).
5. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: Indian Penal Code 1860 / Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 / Indian Evidence Act 1872 (Bare Acts, indiacode.nic.in) — IPC, Section 304B; Dowry Prohibition Act 1961_
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