Chapter XVI — OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY Of offences affecting life

Section 305Abetment of suicide of child or insane person

Section 305: Abetment of suicide of child or insane person

305. Abetment of suicide of child or insane person

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