BNS88
BNS Section 88: Causing miscarriage
Ch V · Of Offences Against Woman and Child
Gazette p.42
Punishment punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both; punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine
Copied verbatim from the section text below.
Arrest, bail & court
- Non-cognizable · Bailable · Magistrate of the first class (Causing miscarriage)
- Non-cognizable · Bailable · Magistrate of the first class (If the woman be quick with child)
From the BNSS, 2023, First Schedule (machine-extracted; check the Schedule for anything consequential).
Verbatim · BNS88. Causing miscarriage.— Whoever voluntarily causes a woman with child to miscarry, shall, if such miscarriage be not caused in good faith for the purpose of saving the life of the woman, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both; and, if the woman be quick with child, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.Explanation. — A woman who causes herself to miscarry, is within the meaning of this section.
Corresponds (indicatively) to IPC 312 of the repealed Indian Penal Code, 1860. IPC → BNS table
Cite as: Section 88, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)