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BNS Section 93: Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years, by parent or person having care of it

Section 93 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 deals with exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years, by parent or person having care of it. It replaces IPC 317 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. Under the BNSS First Schedule, BNS 93 is cognizable and bailable.

Bail, cognizability and punishment

SectionOffencePunishmentCognizableBailableTriable by
93Exposure of a child under 12 years of age by parent or person having care of it with intention of wholly abandoning it.Imprisonment for 7 years, or fine, or both.CognizableBailableMagistrate of the first class

Source: BNSS, 2023, First Schedule, Part I.

Text of BNS Section 93

93. 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.

IPC sections replaced

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