317.Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years, by parent or person having care of it
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Whoever being the father or mother of a the age of , or the of such , shall expose or leave such in any place with the intention of wholly abandoning such , shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven , or with fine, or with both.Explanation.— This section is not intended to prevent the trial of the offender for murder or culpable homicide, as the case may be, if the dies in consequence of the .
