Of Offencesaffectingthe Human Body
IPC Section 305 - Abetment of suic ide of child or insane person
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IPC Section 305 deals with abetment of suic ide of child or insane person.
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305. Abetment of suic ide of child or insane person. If any person under eighteen years of age,
any insane person, any delirious person, any idiot, or any pe rson in a state of intoxication, commits
suicide, whoever abets the commission of such suicide, shall be punished with death or 1[imprisonment
for life], or imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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