For presumption as to abetment of suicide by a married woman to arise, it must be shown that -
Under section 113A of the Indian Evidence Act (now section 117 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023), the court may presume that a married woman's suicide was abetted by…
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For presumption as to abetment of suicide by a married woman to arise, it must be shown that -
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Correct answer C
Under section 113A of the Indian Evidence Act (now section 117 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023), the court may presume that a married woman's suicide was abetted by her husband or his relative if 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".
Suicide after seven years does not attract the presumption, and a dowry demand soon before death is the language of the dowry death presumption in section 113B (now section 118), not of section 113A.
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