BNS Section 94 — Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body
Section 94 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
94. Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body.—Whoever, by secretly burying or otherwise disposing of the dead body of a child whether such child die before or after or during its birth, intentionally conceals or endeavours to conceal the birth of such child, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both. ¶
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