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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, causing death of a child in mother's womb:

Explanation 3 to section 100 of the BNS says causing the death of a child in the mother's womb "is not homicide", but it may amount to culpable homicide to cause the death…

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, causing death of a child in mother's womb:

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Explanation 3 to section 100 of the BNS says causing the death of a child in the mother's womb "is not homicide", but it may amount to culpable homicide to cause the death of a living child "if any part of that child has been brought forth, though the child may not have breathed or been completely born". Quickening or an intent to cause miscarriage does not make the death of a child still in the womb homicide; causing miscarriage is a separate offence.

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