Child abandoned by ex wife after mutual consent divorce and taking lumpsum amount

File your complaint without mentioning provisions of law, that is duty of police.

Hi Fighter, I’m Adv. Niharika Lohan and this is my take on your query.

You can bring the criminal law into force by registering an FIR under sec 317, IPC. This section punishes any mother or father, leaves or abandons a child under the age of 12, will be punished for a term upto 7 years, or fine or both. The catch here is that the abandoning parent should have an intention of complete abandoning the child. I hope you will be able to probe the intention when you go ahead and contest the case in Court.

For your convenient reading and understanding, I’m attaching a relevant article on s.317, IPC.

I hope your horizon of awareness will be broadened by it. Kindly follow the link below.

https://www.lawyersclubindia.com/articles/section-317-of-ipc-exposure-and-abandonment-of-infants-14279.asp

In case you have any further query, you can reach me via email at niharikalohan@yahoo.com