The correct answer is (d).
Dowry death is the act of killing a woman by her husband or his relatives soon after marriage, for the purpose of getting rid of her or to claim her dowry. It is a form of domestic violence and is punishable under the Indian Penal Code.
Section 304-B of the Indian Penal Code, 1960, defines dowry death as follows:
“Where the death of a woman is caused by any burns or bodily injury or occurs otherwise than under normal circumstances within seven years of her marriage and it is shown that soon before her death she was subjected to cruelty or harassment by her husband or any relative of her husband for, or in connection with, any demand for dowry, such death shall be called dowry death and such husband or relative shall be deemed to have caused her death.”
The punishment for dowry death is imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, and also fine.
The options are as follows:
(a) Life imprisonment: This is the maximum punishment that can be awarded for dowry death.
(b) Imprisonment upto seven years only: This is the minimum punishment that can be awarded for dowry death.
(c) Imprisonment upto ten years: This is a punishment that is not mentioned in the Indian Penal Code.
(d) Not less than seven years but which may extend to imprisonment for life: This is the punishment that is actually prescribed for dowry death under the Indian Penal Code.
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