Indian Penal Code, 1860

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Sections	Particulars
Chapter XVI	Of Offences Affecting The Human Body
318	Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body
Description	Whoever, by secretly burying or otherwise disposing of the death body of a child whether such child die before or after or during its birth, intentionally conceals or endeavors 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. Of Hurt