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Section 317 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
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.
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- Section 203: Giving false information respecting an offence committed
- Section 143: Punishment
- Section 130: Aiding escape of, rescuing or harboring such prisoner
- Section 129: Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape
- Section 131: Abetting mutiny, or attempting to seduce a soldier, sailor or airman from his duty
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