IPC 317 — Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years, by parent or person having care of it

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

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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