Appearing for the State of Maharashtra, Assistant Public Prosecutor Ambekar stated that the death of the deceased was within seven years of her marriage, and therefore, the presumption under Section 113A of the Evidence Act was applicable.
In cases where a married woman commits suicide within seven years of her marriage and there is evidence that her husband or his relatives have been cruel to her, under Section 113A, a court may presume that the suicide was abetted by the husband or his relatives based on all the circumstances of the case.
The prosecutor argued that based on the evidence presented, the accused had been cruel to the deceased, made money demands of her, abetted her suicide and misappropriated her gold and silver ornaments given to her during her wedding. Thus, he argued for conviction of the accused.
Source: Barandbench
