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Section 93 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Of offences against child
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.
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- Section 286: Negligent conduct with respect to poisonous substance
- Section 58: Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life
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- Section 102: Culpable homicide by causing death of person other than person whose death was intended
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