Indian Penal Code, 1860
491. Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of
helpless person
Whoever, being. bound by a lawful contract to attend on or to
supply the wants of any person who, by reason of youth, or of unsoundness of
mind, or of a disease or bodily weakness, is helpless or incapable of providing
for his own safety or of supplying his own wants, voluntarily omits so to do,
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, or
with both.