Indian Penal Code (IPC)
Section 318. Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body.
whoever, by secretly burying or otherwise disposing of the death body of a child whether such child die before or during its birth, intentionally conceals or endeavours to conceal the birth of such child, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCE
Punishment—Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both—Cognizable—Bailable—Triable by Magistrate of the first class—Non-compoundable.
