Delhi court convicts parents for abandoning premature, vulnerable infant
India, Sept. 14 -- A Delhi court has convicted a couple for abandoning their premature and medically vulnerable infant in a hospital, rejecting their contention that leaving the infant in a specialised medical facility showed an intention to provide treatment rather than abandon her. Additional Sessions Judge Sunil Kumar convicted Hareena Ray alias Reena and her husband Jeetu Kumar under Section 317 (exposure and abandonment of child under 12 years by parent or person having care of it) read with Section 34 of the IPC. Under IPC Section 317, the punishment for exposing or abandoning a child under the age of 12 years by a parent or caretaker is imprisonment for up to seven years, a fine, or both. In an order dated September 10, the court s...
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