Presumption of abetment: suicide by a married woman shortly after marriage may be presumed abetted where cruelty by husband or relatives is shown. A statutory presumption permits a court to infer that a husband or his relative abetted a married woman's suicide where she died within seven years of marriage and it is shown that the husband or relative subjected her to cruelty; the meaning of cruelty is ascribed by reference to section 86 and the presumption depends on all other circumstances of the case.
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Presumption of abetment: suicide by a married woman shortly after marriage may be presumed abetted where cruelty by husband or relatives is shown.
A statutory presumption permits a court to infer that a husband or his relative abetted a married woman's suicide where she died within seven years of marriage and it is shown that the husband or relative subjected her to cruelty; the meaning of cruelty is ascribed by reference to section 86 and the presumption depends on all other circumstances of the case.
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