Section 93 in THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 – BNS

Of offences against child

Exposure and
abandonment
of child under
twelve years
of age, by
parent or
person having
care of it.

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.