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Under the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, the Court may presume abetment of suicide if a married…

Section 117 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (formerly section 113A of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872) allows the court to presume abetment of suicide by the husband…

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Under the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, the Court may presume abetment of suicide if a married woman commits suicide within

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Section 117 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (formerly section 113A of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872) allows the court to presume abetment of suicide by the husband or his relative where a married woman commits suicide within "7 years of marriage" and she had been subjected to cruelty by them. The periods of three, eight or ten years do not appear in the section, and even within seven years the presumption is discretionary and depends on proof of cruelty.

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