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A shoots at a seven-month pregnant woman who survives but the child in her womb dies. For killing the…

BNS s.92 specifically punishes causing the death of a quick unborn child by an act that would amount to culpable homicide if done to the mother, making it the applicable and…

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A shoots at a seven-month pregnant woman who survives but the child in her womb dies. For killing the child A can be prosecuted for which of the following offence:

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BNS s.92 specifically punishes causing the death of a quick unborn child by an act that would amount to culpable homicide if done to the mother, making it the applicable and more specific provision here rather than an offence against the mother herself.

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