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Evidence Act Section 113B is now BSA Section 118

Verbatim · BSA 118118. Presumption as to dowry death.— 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.

Read the full BSA Section 118 →

The BSA replaced the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 from 1 July 2024.

Old-to-new correspondence is indicative and not always one-to-one; read the new text itself.