Joseph Shine vs Union Of India on 27 September, 2018
Equivalent citations: AIR 2018 SUPREME
charge sheeted for the offence punishable
under Section 302 IPC for the infanticide of Shouvana aged 6 months
and also for the commission of offence
children;
(ii) undertaking all appropriate measures to
address the problems of infanticide and
foeticide, especially of female child and all
other emerging manifestations that deprive
community will undertake all
appropriate measures to address the problems of infanticide
and foeticide, especially of female child and all other emerging
manifestations that deprive
declare the
inaction of the official respondents, in not preventing illegal
foeticide/infanticide being resorted to by respondents 13 and 14 in
the 12th respondent ... ensure their prosecution, prevent recurrence of
any activity pertaining to female foeticide/infanticide at the
instance of respondents 11 to 14, and to quash
month. In this case the
appellant was convicted for an infanticide, the murder of his own baby girl.
Prosecution Case:
2. PW 5 Chandan Mondol
Combined Discussion On The Statutory Resolution Regarding Disapproval Of ... on 30 July, 2018
Sixteenth Loksabha
round its neck during delivery
(page 996).
18. Since the crime of infanticide is generally committed at
the time of or within a few minutes
dowry deaths, cruelty to a married woman, domestic
violence and female infanticide and foeticide. The newly wed brides are
made to suffer because of dowry