Indian Penal Code,1860
Act No : 45
Section :
Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body.
318. Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body.--Whoever, by secretly burying or otherwise disposing of the dead bodyof a child whether such child die before or after or during its birth,intentionally conceals or endeavors to conceal the birth of suchchild, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for aterm which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both. Of hurt