INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
317. Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years, by parent or
93. Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years of age, by parent or person having
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years, by parent or
person having care of it.
317. Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years, by
parent or person having care of it.--Whoever being the father or
mother of a child under the age of twelve years, or having the care of
such child, shall expose or leave such child in any place with the
intention of wholly abandoning such child, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
seven years, or with fine, or with both.
Explanation.-This section is not intended to prevent the trial of
the offender for murder or culpable homicide, as the case may be, if
the child die in consequence of the exposure.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
93. Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years of age, by parent or person having
care of it.—Whoever being the father or mother of a child under the age of twelve years, or having the
care of such child, shall expose or leave such child in any place with the intention of wholly abandoning
such child, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
seven years, or with fine, or with both.
Explanation.—This section is not intended to prevent the trial of the offender for murder or culpable
homicide, as the case may be, if the child die in consequence of the exposure.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023