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IPC Section 304B in BNS: Section 80

Dowry death

Section 304B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Dowry death) corresponds to Section 80 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024. Under the BNSS First Schedule, BNS 80(2) is cognizable, non-bailable, triable by Court of Session; punishment: Imprisonment for not less than 7 years but which may extend to imprisonment for life.

Bail, cognizability and punishment

SectionOffencePunishmentCognizableBailableTriable by
80(2)Dowry death.Imprisonment for not less than 7 years but which may extend to imprisonment for life.CognizableNon-bailableCourt of Session

Source: BNSS, 2023, First Schedule, Part I.

The BNS applies to offences committed on or after 1 July 2024. Offences committed earlier are charged and tried under the IPC.

Text of BNS Section 80

80. (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 purposes of this sub-section, “dowry” shall have the same meaning as in section 2 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 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.

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