IPC Section 318 — Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body

Summary

If a person secretly buries or gets rid of the dead body of a child, whether the child died before, during, or after birth, and does so to hide or try to hide the fact that the child was born, that person can be punished. The punishment can be imprisonment for up to two years, a fine, or both.

Official Text

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 endeavours 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.

Related Judgments

• CRL A/47/2017 — Madras High Court (2017)
• SARDAR SINGH v. STATE — Supreme Court of India (1993)
• S.C.R. 1079 SANAULLAH KHAN v. STATE OF BIHAR — Supreme Court of India (2013)
• MAHABIR v. STATE — Supreme Court of India (1972)
• GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND ANR v. GEORGE PHILIP NOVEMBER 16, 2006 B — Supreme Court of India (S)
• BALWINDER SINGH v. STATE OF PUNJAB NOVEMBER 9, 1995 B — Supreme Court of India (S)
• GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND ANR v. GEORGE PHILIP NOVEMBER 16, 2006 B — Supreme Court of India (S)
• R. SUPREME COURT REPORTS RAJINDER KUMAR AND ANOTHER v. THE STATE OF PUNJAB — Supreme Court of India (1963)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §94 — Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body