either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine,
and, if hurt is caused to any person by such act, the offender shall, in addition to the
imprisonment and fine as aforesaid, be liable to the punishment provided for the hurt
caused:
Provided that. where the punishment for the hurt is qisas which is not executable, the
offender shall be liable to arsh and may also be punished with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to seven years.
325. Attempt to commit suicide: Whoever attempts to commit suicide and does any act
towards the commission of such offence, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a
term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.
326. Thug: Whoever shall have been habitually associated with any other or others for
the purpose of committing robbery or child-stealing by means of or accompanied with
Qatl, is a thug.
327. Punishment: Whoever is a thug, shall be punished with imprisonment for life and
shall also be liable to fine.
328. Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years by parent or person
having care of it: Whoever being the father or mother of a child under the age of twelve
years, or having the care of such child, shall expose or leave such child in any place with
the intention of wholly abandoning such child, shall be punished with imprisonment' of
either description for- a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both.
Explanation : This section is not intended to prevent the trial of the offender for qatl-i-amd
or qatl-i-shibh-i-amd or qatl-bis-sabab, as the case may be, if the child dies in
consequence of the exposure.
329. Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body: Whoever, by secretly
burying or otherwise disposing of the dead body of a child whether such child dies before
or after or during its birth, intentionally conceals or endeavours to conceal the birth shall
be punishable with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two
years, or with fine, or with both.
330. Disbursement of diyat: The diyat shall be disbursed among the heirs of the victim
according to their respective shares in inheritance:
Provided that, where an heir foregoes his share, the diyat shall not be recovered to the
extent of his share.
331. Payment of Diyat: (1) The diyat may be made payable in lumpsum or in instalments
spread over a period of three years from the date of the final judgment.