Question

Punishment for Dowry death under section 304B of Indian Penal Code, 1860 is.

Option A: Life imprisonment

Option B: Imprisonment upto seven years only

Option C: Imprisonment upto ten years

Option D: Not less than seven years but which may extend to imprisonment for life.

Correct Answer

Option: a

Explanation

Section 304B of the Indian Penal Code: Dowry death.-(1) Where the death of a woman is caused by any burns or bodily injury or occurs otherwise than under normal circumstances within seven years of her 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 for, or 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.Explanation For the purpose of this sub- section, “dowry” shall have the same meaning as in section 2 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (28 of 1961). (2) 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.

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