Report No. 202

Proposal to Amend Section 304-B of Indian Penal Code

Chapter I

Introduction

1.1 Scope of Inquiry

The question that the Law Commission is to examine in this Report is whether Section 304B of Indian Penal Code, 1860, on dowry death, should be amended to provide for more stringent punishment of death sentence in order to curb the menace of dowry deaths.

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