BNS Section 80 – Dowry death
Chapter 5: Offences Against Women and Children ·
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
BNS Section 80
IPC S.304B
🔒 Non-Bailable
🔍 Cognizable
⚖ Court of Session
Where the death of a woman is caused by burns or bodily injury or occurs otherwise than under normal circumstances within seven years of marriage and it is shown that soon before her death she was subjected to cruelty or harassment by her husband or any relative of her husband in connection with any demand for dowry such death shall be called dowry death and such husband or relative shall be deemed to have caused her death. Whoever commits dowry death shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than seven years but which may extend to imprisonment for life.
ℹ️ Classification & Key Notes
Imprisonment 7 years to life. Cognizable. Non-bailable. Triable by Court of Session.
