Section 268 - “Exposure and Abandonment of Child under Twelve Years, by
Parent or Person having care of it”: Whoever being the father or
mother of a child under the age of twelve years or having the care of such
child with the intention of wholly abandoning such child exposes to
danger or leaves such child in any place, commits an offence and shall on
conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven
years or with fine or with both.
Explanation:- This section does not prevent the trial of the offender for
murder or culpable homicide not amounting to murder as the case may be,
if the child dies in consequence of the exposure or abandonment.
Section 269 - “Cruelty to Children”: Whoever having the charge or care of a child of
under eighteen years of age or being in a position of authority over him
willfully ill treats or neglects him in such a way as to cause him
unnecessary suffering, commits an offence and shall on conviction, be
punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or with
fine or with both.
And, if the ill-treatment or neglect results in serious injury to the health of
such child, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment for a term
not exceeding five years or with fine or with both.
Section 270 - “Concealment of Birth by Secret Disposal of Child or Dead Body”:
Whoever, by secretly burying or otherwise disposing of the child or dead
body of a child whether such child dies before or after or during its birth,
intentionally conceals or endeavours to conceal the birth of such child,
commits an offence and shall on conviction, be punished with
imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or with fine or with
both.
HURT
Section 271
“Hurt Defined”: Whoever causes bodily pain, disease or infirmity to any
person is said to cause hurt.
Section 272 - “Grievous Hurt Defined” The following kinds of hurt only are
designated as grievous:(a) emasculation;
(b) permanent deprivation of the sight of an eye, or the hearing of an ear
or the power of speech;
(c) deprivation of any part or joint;
(d) destruction or permanent impairing of the powers of any part or joint;
(e) permanent disfiguration of the head, face or any other part of the body;
(f) fracture or dislocation of a bone or tooth;
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