Section 184
Prohibition Of Throwing Or Abandoning Person Under One's Own Guardianship
nship: (1) A person, being bound to care or maintain an
infant, child, disabled patient or elderly person, shall not so throw,
abandon or desert as to cause danger to the body or life of such
infant, child, patient or elderly person.
(2) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the
offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of
imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years and a fine not
exceeding thirty thousand rupees.
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(3) If the offence referred to in sub-section (1) causes the
death of such child, disabled patient or elderly person, the offender
shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not
exceeding seven years and a fine not exceeding seventy thousand
rupees.
Provided that if the throwing, abandonment or neglect causes
the death of an infant, the offender shall be liable to the sentence
referred to in Section 177.