Penal Code, 1860–Sec. 304B–Dowry death–Essential ingredients of offence-
(i) death of woman must have been caused by any burns or bodily injury or it must have occurred otherwise than under normal circumstances;
(ii) such death must have occurred within seven years of her marriage;
(iii) soon before such death, she must have been subjected to cruelty or harassment by her husband or any relative of her husband; and
(iv) such cruelty or harassment must be in connection with any demand for dowry.


