This section covers causing miscarriage in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Of causing miscarriage, etc. Causing miscarriage. Whoever voluntarily causes a woman with child to miscarry, shall, if such miscarriage be not caused in good faith for the purpose of saving the life of the woman, be punished with imprisonment of either description for … Read more
This section covers causing miscarriage without woman’s consent in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Causing miscarriage without woman’s consent. Whoever commits the offence under section 88 without the consent of the woman, whether the woman is quick with child or not, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description … Read more
This section covers death caused by act done to cause miscarriage in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage (1) Whoever, with intent to cause the miscarriage of a woman with child, does any act which causes the death of such woman, shall be punished with … Read more
This section covers act to prevent child being born alive or cause death after birth in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause to die after birth. Whoever before the birth of any child does any act with the intention of thereby preventing … Read more
This section covers causing death of quick unborn child in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide. 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 … Read more
This section covers exposure and abandonment of child under twelve in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Of offences against child: Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years of age, by parent or person having care of it. Whoever being the father or mother of a child under the age of twelve years, or … Read more
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 … Read more
This section covers hiring, employing or engaging a child to commit an offence in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Hiring, employing or engaging a child to commit an offence. Whoever hires, employs or engages any child to commit an offence shall be punished with imprisonment of either description which shall not be less than … Read more
This section covers abetment outside India for offence in India in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Abetment outside India for offence in India. A person abets an offence within the meaning of this Sanhita who, without and beyond India, abets the commission of any act in India which would constitute an offence if committed … Read more
This section covers punishment for rape in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Punishment for Rape (1) Whoever, except in the cases provided for in sub-section (2), commits rape, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than ten years, but which may extend to imprisonment … Read more