Section 17

of the commission of or the intention of any other person to commit any offence punishable under the following sections of the Penal Code (Chapter 22): 121, 121A, 122, 123, 124A, 130,

143, 144, 145, 147, 148, 194, 232, 234, 302, 304, 307, 308, 382,

392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 402, 435, 436, 449, 450,

456,457,458,459,460,489A, 489D;

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of any sudden or unnatural death or death by violence or of any death under suspicious circumstances, or of the body of any person being found dead without its being known how such person came by death, shall in the absence of reasonable excuse, the burden of proving which shall lie upon the person so aware, forthwith give information to the officer in charge of the nearest police station or to a police officer or to the nearest

District Officer of such commission or intention or of such sudden, unnatural or violent death or of the finding of such dead body, as the case may be.