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It has been added to the IPC to check the menace
of dowry deaths. Any person who forces a women to commit suicide, or causes danger
to her life, or harasses her with a view of coercing her or any other person related
to her to meet any unlawful demand for property or cash, is punishable under this
code. If a woman commits suicide within a period of seven years from the date
of marriage, and that the husband or the relatives had subjected her to cruelty
or undue harassment, then the Court may presume with regards to the circumstances
of the case that such suicide has been abetted by her husband or the relatives. PUNISHMENT Whoever subjects a woman to cruelty shall be punishable
with imprisonment, which may extend to three years, and will also be liable to
fine.
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