IPC Section 305 — Abetment of suicide of child or insane person
offences affecting the human body
Criminal
Punishment
Death or life imprisonment and fine
As the section puts it: “shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, and shall also be liable to fine”
Summary
If someone who is under 18 years old, insane, delirious, an idiot, or intoxicated kills themselves, then anyone who encourages or helps that person to commit suicide can be punished with death, life imprisonment, or up to 10 years in jail, and may also have to pay a fine.
Official Text
If any person under eighteen years of age, any insane person, any delirious person, any idiot, or any person in a state of intoxication commits suicide, whoever abets the commission of such suicide, shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Old <-> New Code Mapping
- BNS §107 — Abetment of suicide of child or person of unsound mind
