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CHAPTER V OF OFFENCES AGAINST WOMAN AND CHILD · Of causing miscarriage, etc

Section 89: Causing miscarriage without woman’s consent

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Whoever commits the offence under section 88 without the consent of the woman, whether the woman is quick with child or not, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Corresponding IPC provision

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

Questions on this section

1 question in 3 of our papers cite Section 89.

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