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A woman suffers an unnatural death four years after marriage. Which additional circumstance is required…

Section 80(1) requires a death from burns, bodily injury or other abnormal circumstances within seven years of marriage. The prosecution must also show cruelty or harassment…

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A woman suffers an unnatural death four years after marriage. Which additional circumstance is required for dowry death under section 80 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023?

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Section 80(1) requires a death from burns, bodily injury or other abnormal circumstances within seven years of marriage.

The prosecution must also show cruelty or harassment by the husband or his relative for or in connection with a dowry demand soon before the death.

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Option A

Cruelty must be for or in connection with a demand for dowry.

Option B

This supplies the required perpetrator, dowry connection and timing.

Option C

The facts provide neither a specified perpetrator nor dowry-related conduct.

Option D

Section 80 does not make reporting within seven days an ingredient.

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