Infanticide
Infanticide
is a general term for the murder of a child aged less than 1 year, and filicide
is used when the perpetrator is the parent, but neonaticide is used to refer to
deliberate killing of a child up to 24 h of age by his or her parent.
William
Bentinck (1828-1835): He was the Governor-General of India that banned female
infanticide. He declared it as a punishable crime. The practice of female
infanticide was found in western parts of India.
Provisions
of IPC for infanticide:
In India,
the offence of infanticide or the killing of an infant is charged as murder and
is therefore equivalent to conviction under Section 302 of the Indian
Penal Code.
Section
315 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, relates to an act done with the intent
to prevent child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth'. According
to this section, an act done by a person with the intention of preventing a
child from being alive when he/she is born or causing it die after he/she was
born alive, causes the child to die before or after birth, will be punished for
a term of imprisonment extending to ten years, or will be charged with fine, or
both. Such act, when committed, does not include an act done to save the life
of a pregnant woman, that is an act done in good faith.
Section
318 of IPC: This section intends to preventing infanticide. It is directed
towards a person who disposing of the body of a child upon his/her birth.
The
properties of this section are:
a. Secret
burying or in any way disposing of the dead body of an infant
b. The fact
whether the child dies before, during or after the birth is not required.
c. The
person disposing the body of a child should have an intention to conceal the
birth of that child.
Abandonment
of an infant by a parent or a person assigned the care of a child, with the
intention to fully abandon that child, leads to an offence under Section 317
of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. A punishment under this section is described as
a term of imprisonment for seven years, or with fine, or both.
Sec. 312 =
Causing Miscarriage (Volutarily)
Sec. 313 = Causing
Miscarriage without woman’s consent
Sec. 314 = Death
caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage.
Sec. 315 = Act
done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause it to die after
birth.
Sec. 316 = Causing
death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide.
Sec. 317 = Exposure
and abandonment of child under twelve years, by parent or person having care of
it.
Sec. 318 = Concealment
of birth by secret disposal of dead body.
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Which of
the following enactment declared infanticide equal to murder?
(a) Criminal
Procedure Code
(b)
Indian Penal Code è
(c) Immoral Trafficking
Act
(d) None of
the above.
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Which of
the following is not a gender-based violence?
A.
Prostitution
B. Female
Infanticide
C.
Sex-selective Abortion
D.
Culpable homicide è
Section 304
of IPC provides for culpable homicide
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Sections
312 to 318 of the IPC deal with offences of ______.
(a) Causing
of miscarriage
(b) Unborn
children
(c) Exposure
of infants
(d) All
the above è
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Causing
miscarriage without women’s consent is punishable under ________ of IPC?
(a) Section
312 (b) Section 313 è
(c) Section
316 (d) Section 320
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Section
312 of IPC deals with:
(a) Rape (b)
Causing Miscarriage è
(c) Bigamy
(d) Adultery
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What is
the meaning of expression ‘woman being quick with child’ under section 312 IPC?
A. Woman
being in First trimester of pregnancy
B. Woman
after third month of pregnancy è
C. Both A
and B
D. None of
above
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