#Section 113B Evidence Act

Jharkhand High Court rules that a post-marriage demand for Rs. 50,000 to set up a clinic, tied to the marital relationship, qualifies as dowry under Section 304B IPC. The judgment reinforces that dowry need not be limited to traditional gifts but extends to any financial demand contingent on marriage, impacting dowry death prosecutions.

Jharkhand High Court ruled that the statutory presumption under Section 113B of the Evidence Act for dowry death applies once dowry harassment and unnatural death are proven through circumstantial evidence, even in the absence of a viscera report. This reinforces the prosecution's burden to establish the foundational facts, not direct forensic evidence, to invoke the presumption of guilt.