Infanticide Methods — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Section _____ of BNS (corresponding to IPC 316) states that causing the death of a quick unborn child by an act amounting to culpable homicide is a punishable offence.

Answer: 92

Extra: - **BNS 91 (IPC 315):** Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth. - **BNS 92 (IPC 316):** Causing death of quick unborn child by an act amounting to culpable homicide.

Flashcard 2: Exposure and abandonment of child under 12 years by parents is in Sec _____ of IPC

Answer: 317

Flashcard 3: A respired lung (live birth) may sink in water in the following conditions (4):_____

Answer: 1. Secondary atelectasis 2. Disease (e.g., Pneumonia alba, lobar pneumonia) 3. Pulmonary edema 4. Pulmonary hemorrhage

Flashcard 4: A positive _____ test proves live birth even in the absence of a positive hydrostatic lung test.

Answer: second life

Flashcard 5: Concealment of birth by secret disposal of the dead body is in Sec _____ of IPC

Answer: 318

Flashcard 6: Infanticide is punished under IPC _____

Answer: 302

Flashcard 7: A respired lung (live birth) may sink in water (False Negative Hydrostatic Test) in the following conditions:

Answer: 1. Atelectasis (Primary or Secondary) 2. Consolidation (e.g., Pneumonia) 3. Hyaline Membrane Disease 4. Mummification (Other factors include pulmonary edema and massive hemorrhage)

Flashcard 8: egg shell forms _____% of egg weight

Answer: 10

Extra: 

Flashcard 9: In Breslaus _____ life test, also known as the Stomach bowel test, stomach and the duodenum are tested.

Answer: second

Flashcard 10: _____ of meconium in the large bowel is a confirmatory sign of live birth.

Answer: Absence