Section 235 - Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth.

Whoever before the birth of a child does an act with the intention of Act thereby preventing that child from being born alive or causing it to die after its birth and does by such act prevent that child from being born alive or causes it to die after its birth, shall, if the act be not caused in good faith for the purpose bar of saving the life of the mother, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to fourteen years or with fine or with both.

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A, knowing that he is likely to cause the death of a pregnant woman, does an act which, if it caused the death of the woman, would amount to culpable homicide. The woman is uninjured but does not die; but the death of a quick unborn child with which she is pregnant is thereby caused. A is guilty of an offence under this section.