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A mother leaves her newborn outside the gates of an orphanage with the intention of wholly abandoning…

Section 93 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita covers a parent or carer who exposes or leaves a child under twelve with intention wholly to abandon the child. The newborn’s…

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A mother leaves her newborn outside the gates of an orphanage with the intention of wholly abandoning the child. Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, has she committed an offence?

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Correct answer A

Section 93 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita covers a parent or carer who exposes or leaves a child under twelve with intention wholly to abandon the child. The newborn’s legitimacy does not remove the protection, and destitution is not a blanket statutory exemption.

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Option A

A mother leaving her newborn with intention wholly to abandon the child falls within section 93.

Option B

Section 93 expressly punishes the stated exposure or abandonment.

Option C

Section 93 does not distinguish children by legitimacy of birth.

Option D

Destitution is not a blanket exception to section 93; liability still depends on the statutory intention and facts.

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