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Law Point: IPC 304B is related to dowry death. This law makes dowry death an offense .

Section 304B in The Indian Penal Code 304B.

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 purpose 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.