Section 117 BSA: as in section 86 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Official statutory evidence provision under the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023.
Official Statutory Wording (100% Legally Correct)
When the question is whether the commission of suicide by a woman had been abetted by her husband or any relative of her husband and it is shown that she had committed suicide within a period of seven years from the date of her marriage and that her husband or such relative of her husband had subjected her to cruelty, the Court may presume, having regard to all the other circumstances of the case, that such suicide had been abetted by her husband or by such relative of her husband. Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, "cruelty" shall have the same meaning
Simplified Legal Summary
This section details the statutory rules, frameworks, and procedures under Section 117 of the BSA.
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