Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003) – Section 94

This section covers concealment of birth by disposal of dead body in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).

Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body. 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 endeavors 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.

What was the old IPC code for Section 94 of BNS 2023?

In the Indian Penal Code, concealment of birth by disposal of dead body was covered in S. 318.

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