Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 305. Abetment of suicide of child or insane person.

Indian Penal Code (IPC) S. 305. Abetment of suicide of child or insane person.

305. Abetment of suicide of child or insane person.—If any person under eighteen 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 [i][imprisonment for life], or imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

 

More details about this Section

Cognizable or not?

Cognizable

Whether Bailable?

Non-bailable

Compoundable or not?

Not compoundable

Triable by whom?

Court of Session

 

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[i]  Substituted by Act 26 of 1955, S. 117 and Sch., for “transportation for life”.

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