MUMBAI: A 22-year-old woman has been apprehended by the police for discarding her newborn baby girl in a dustbin outside Sion Hospital in Mumbai last week. The infant was found dead.
The arrest was made under IPC Section 317, pertaining to the exposure and abandonment of a child under 12 years by a parent or guardian. Additionally, Section 315, related to an act intended to prevent a child from being born alive or to cause its death after birth, has been applied. The police are also considering the possibility of adding a murder charge against the woman.
