117. When the question is whether the commission of suicide by a woman had been abetted by her husband or any relative of her husband and it is shown that she had committed suicide within a period of seven years from the date of her marriage and that her husband or such relative of her husband had subjected her to cruelty, the Court may presume, having regard to all the other circumstances of the case, that such suicide had been abetted by her husband or by such relative of her husband.
Explanation. - For the purposes of this section, "cruelty" shall have the same meaning as in section 86 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
Section 111 Burden of proving that person is alive who has not been heard of for seven years
Section 113 Burden of proof as to ownership
Section 114 Proof of good faith in transactions where one party is in relation of active confidence
Section 115 Presumption as to certain offences
Section 116 Birth during marriage, conclusive proof of legitimacy
Section 117 Presumption as to abetment of suicide by a married woman
Section 118 Presumption as to dowry death
Section 119 Court may presume existence of certain facts
Section 120 Presumption as to absence of consent in certain prosecution for rape