BNS · Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Section 92 — Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide.
Replaces IPC Section 316.
Whoever does any act under such circumstances, that if he thereby caused death he would be guilty of culpable homicide, and does by such act cause the death of a quick unborn child, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine. Illustration. A, knowing that he is likely to cause the death of a pregnant woman, does an act which, if it caused the death of the woman, would amount to culpable homicide. The woman is injured, but does not die; but the death of an unborn quick child with which she is pregnant is thereby caused. A is guilty of the offence defined in this section.
Nearby sections
- 89 Causing miscarriage without woman's consent.
- 90 Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage.
- 91 Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause to die after birth.
- 93 Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years of age, by parent or person having care of it.
- 94 Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body.
- 95 Hiring, employing or engaging a child to commit an offence.
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