BNS 357 — Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

357. Whoever, being bound by a lawful contract to attend on or to
supply the wants of any person who, by reason of youth, or of unsoundness
of  mind,  or  of  a  disease  or  bodily  weakness,  is  helpless  or  incapable  of
providing for his own safety or of supplying his own wants, voluntarily omits
so to do, shall  be punished with imprisonment of either description for a
term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to
five thousand rupees, or with both.

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