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Section 305 — Abetment of suicide of child or insane person

As in force on 1 July 2014.

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305.Abetment of suicide of child or insane person

If any person under 18 years of age, any insane person, any delirious person, any idiot, or any person in a state of intoxication, commits suicide, whoever abets the commission of such suicide shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, and shall also be liable to fine.

[Indian PC 1860, s. 305]