Section 118
Presumption as to dowry death.
The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and to provide for general rules and principles of evidence for fair trial.
Chapter VII: Of the burden of proof Sections 104 to 120
When the question is whether a person has committed the dowry death of a woman and it is shown that soon before her death, such woman had been subjected by such person to cruelty or harassment for, or in connection with, any demand for dowry, the Court shall presume that such person had caused the dowry death.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, “dowry death” shall have the same meaning as in section 80 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, “dowry death” shall have the same meaning as in section 80 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.