BNS · Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Section 94 — Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body.
Replaces IPC Section 318.
Whoever, by secretly burying or otherwise disposing of the dead body of a child whether such child die before or after or during its birth, intentionally conceals or endeavours to conceal the birth of such child, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
Nearby sections
- 91 Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause to die after birth.
- 92 Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide.
- 93 Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years of age, by parent or person having care of it.
- 95 Hiring, employing or engaging a child to commit an offence.
- 96 Procuration of child.
- 97 Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years of age with intent to steal from its person.
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