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Punishment for Dowry death under section 80 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 is.

Section 80(2) BNS (formerly IPC s.304B) punishes dowry death with imprisonment "which shall not be less than seven years but which may extend to imprisonment for life". The…

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Punishment for Dowry death under section 80 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 is.

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Section 80(2) BNS (formerly IPC s.304B) punishes dowry death with imprisonment "which shall not be less than seven years but which may extend to imprisonment for life". The minimum is seven years, not ten, and the maximum is life, not seven or ten years.

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