Owing to the peculiar social fabric of the nation, Dowry Death is an India specific offence. Law provides that 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.

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Thus, essential ingredients of the offence of dowry death are –

1. Death of a woman is caused by any burns or bodily injury or occurs otherwise than under normal circumstances

2. Death within seven years of her marriage

3. She was subjected to cruelty or harassment by her husband or any relative of her husband

4. She was so subjected soon before her death

5. Such cruelty or harassment is in connection with any demand for dowry