https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291256 A demand for money or property by the husband or his relatives can amount to dowry under Section 304B IPC if it is reasonably connected with the marriage, and the construction should be fair, pragmatic and common-sense rather than narrow or literal. The phrase "soon before her death" is a relative expression requiring a proximate, live nexus between dowry-related cruelty or harassment and the death; it does not mean immediate proximity. On the facts described, repeated demands, continued ill-treatment and renewed maltreatment shortly before death satisfied these requirements and supported the dowry death conviction. en-us Thu, 26 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 03 Nov 2020 11:16:12 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291256 A demand for money or property by the husband or his relatives can amount to dowry under Section 304B IPC if it is reasonably connected with the marriage, and the construction should be fair, pragmatic and common-sense rather than narrow or literal. The phrase "soon before her death" is a relative expression requiring a proximate, live nexus between dowry-related cruelty or harassment and the death; it does not mean immediate proximity. On the facts described, repeated demands, continued ill-treatment and renewed maltreatment shortly before death satisfied these requirements and supported the dowry death conviction. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 26 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291256