BNS80
BNS Section 80: Dowry death
Ch V · Of Offences Against Woman and Child
Gazette p.41
Punishment
- (2) punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than seven years but which may extend to imprisonment for life
Depends on which sub-section applies. Copied verbatim from the text below.
Arrest, bail & court
- (2) Cognizable · Non-bailable · Court of Session
From the BNSS, 2023, First Schedule (machine-extracted; check the Schedule for anything consequential).
Verbatim · BNS80. 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 purposes 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.
Corresponds (indicatively) to IPC 304B of the repealed Indian Penal Code, 1860. IPC → BNS table
Cite as: Section 80, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)