Legal Aspects of Infanticide — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Exposure and abandonment of child under 12 years by parents is in Sec _____ of IPC

Answer: 317

Flashcard 2: Infanticide is considered as murder and hence punishment is given under section _____ IPC.

Answer: 302

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

Answer: 318

Flashcard 5: 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 6: egg shell forms _____% of egg weight

Answer: 10

Extra: 

Flashcard 7: In Breslaus _____ life test, also known as the Stomach bowel test, stomach and the duodenum are tested.

Answer: second

Flashcard 8: _____ of meconium in the large bowel is a confirmatory sign of live birth.

Answer: Absence

Flashcard 9: Section _____ deals with preventing the child from being born alive or to cause it to die after birth

Answer: 315

Flashcard 10: Hydrostatic test is false positive in case of _____ or artificial inflation

Answer: putrefied foetus