(1) Whoever—
(a) knowingly assists or induces, directly or indirectly, a juvenile delinquent or other child to escape from a reception home, or a reformatory, industrial or borstal school or from the custody of the person under whom he is placed by an order under this Act; or
(b) knowingly harbours, conceals, or prevents from returning to such home or school or to such person a juvenile delinquent or other child who has so escaped, or knowingly assists in doing so;
shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine not exceeding five hundred rupees' or with both.
(2) All offences under sub-section (1) shall be cognizable.
44. If a person, having the custody, charge or care of a child under the provisions of this Act, assaults, ill-treats, abandons or exposes such child, or causes such child to be assaulted, ill-treated, neglected, abandoned or exposed in a manner likely to cause such child physical or mental suffering or injury, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or with fine not exceeding two hundred rupees or with both.