Under s.80 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, the death of a woman caused by burns or bodily injury, or otherwise than under normal circumstances, is a dowry death if it occurs within how many years of her marriage and she was subjected to cruelty or harassment for dowry soon before her death?

Section 80 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 defines dowry death. Where the death of a woman is caused by 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 his for, or in connection with, any demand for dowry, such death is called dowry death, and the husband or relative is deemed to have caused her death. The punishment is imprisonment for life, together with fine. The seven-year window is the decisive element of the definition. In a prosecution for dowry death, s.118 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 raises a presumption against the accused where the requirements of s.80 are shown.