VidhiSangh

Indian Evidence Act, 1872

Section 113B: Presumption as to dowry death

Repealed. Repealed from 1 July 2024. Use it for proceedings preserved by BSA section 170, including specified matters that were pending immediately before commencement.

Part III — Production and Effect of Evidence

113B. -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 304B of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).]

Source: official text of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.