Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
XVI · Section 305

Abetment of suicide of child or insane person

Synced on 04 Jul 2026Text as per India Code

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 1[imprisonment for life], or imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Judgments on Section 305