Whoever, being bound by a lawful contract to attend on or to supply the wants of any person who, by reason of youth, or of unsoundness of mind, or of a disease or bodily weakness, is helpless or incapable of providing for his own safety or of supplying his own wants, voluntarily omits so to do, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, or with both.
CHAPTER XIX OFTHE CRIMINAL BREACHOF CONTRACTSOF SERVICE
Section 491: Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)
Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.
Now in the BNS
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
| 491. Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person. | BNS 357 |
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1. Section 357 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 punishes a person who, being bound by a lawful contract to attend on or supply the wants of a helpless person, voluntarily omits to do so. The maximum imprisonment is