Multiple choice

Section 304B in Chapter XVI of IPC deals with

  1. Rape

  2. Cruelty

  3. Dowry death

  4. Insult to modesty of woman
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Explanation

Section 304B in Chapter XVI of IPC deals with dowry death. It states 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”.

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