● Retained in BNS
Section 304B IPC defined dowry death — the death of a woman by burns, bodily injury or otherwise than under normal circumstances within 7 years of marriage, with evidence of dowry-related cruelty or harassment soon before death. Punishment: imprisonment of not less than 7 years, which may extend to imprisonment for life.
BNS Section 80 retains the definition and punishment of dowry death without substantive change: minimum 7 years, extendable to imprisonment for life.
Carried over substantially unchanged; renumbered from IPC 304B to BNS 80.
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