IPC Section 317 — Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years, by parent or person having care of it
the causing miscarriage, injuries to unborn children, the exposure infants, and the concealment births
Criminal
Summary
If a parent or a person responsible for a child under 12 years old leaves the child in any place with the intention of completely abandoning them, that person can be punished. The punishment can be imprisonment for up to seven years, a fine, or both.
Official 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.
Related Judgments
- R.M. YELLATTI v. THE ASST. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER — Supreme Court of India (S)
- S.C.R. 1020 SAUL BALI v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR — Supreme Court of India (2013)
- SC (2025) Vol.4 p.2553 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
- SC (2024) Vol.12 p.439 — Supreme Court of India (2024)
- HCP/1355/2014 — Madras High Court (2014)
- INDEPENDENT THOUGHT v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR. 835 — Supreme Court of India (2017)
- NIPUN SAXENA & ANR v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS — Supreme Court of India (2018)
- LAKSHMI KANT PANDEY v. UNION OF — Supreme Court of India (1984)
Old <-> New Code Mapping
- BNS §93 — Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years of age, by parent or person having care of it