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Which section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 deals specifically with dowry death?

Section 80 deals specifically with dowry death. It includes a death by burns or bodily injury or otherwise than under normal circumstances within seven years of marriage,…

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Which section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 deals specifically with dowry death?

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Section 80 deals specifically with dowry death. It includes a death by burns or bodily injury or otherwise than under normal circumstances within seven years of marriage, coupled with dowry-related cruelty or harassment by the husband or his relative soon before the death.

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Section 106 deals with causing death by negligence.

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Section 85 concerns cruelty by a husband or his relative.

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Section 178 concerns counterfeiting coin, Government stamps, currency notes or bank notes.

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Section 80 defines and punishes dowry death.

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