Two years after newborn’s body was found in parking lot of Ahmedabad high-rise, mother sentenced to two years in jail

“During investigation, it was found that the woman, who was living on the ninth floor of the apartment, had given birth to the child (a baby boy) in the attached bathroom of her bedroom. However, to conceal the birth of the child, the woman had thrown the child from the window of the bathroom. An offence was registered against the woman under Section 302 (murder) and Section 318 (concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body) of the IPC,” Vyas said.

The criminal trial of the case was conducted by Gandhinagar Sessions Court. And the court convicted the woman under Section 318 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) while acquitting her of the murder charge.

The court observed, “Considering entire evidence, and after evaluating evidence of all the witnesses, no proof has come on record to suggest that the accused committed the act with an intention to kill the child. Therefore, the essential elements of Section 300 of the IPC (defining murder) are not proven.”

Considering the evidence, the court also observed that it was not proven that the child was killed after birth.

Apart from imprisonment of two years, the convict was also slapped with a fine of Rs 5,000.