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A, a married woman, died within seven years of her marriage in unnatural circumstances. The dead body was recovered from a well adjacent to the family of the accused. The cause of death, as per post mortem report was not drowning but strangulation. There was witness account to the effect that since the marriage the girl was being tortured and even assaulted for dowry. She was even deserted but was taken back under the pressure of the mediator. Is the accused and his family liable for dowry death?

Option: 1

The accused are guilty of murder.


Option: 2

The accused are guilty under Section 304 B and section 498 A.


Option: 3

The accused are guilty of culpable homicide.


Option: 4

The accused are guilty of causing grievous hurt.


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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. In the present case, the accused will be liable for dowry death. Hence the correct answer is b.

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