Under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act of 2007, children and grandchildren are legally obliged to maintain their parents. A parent can apply to a tribunal, which should decide within 90 days.
Under Section 24, leaving a senior citizen somewhere “with the intention of wholly abandoning” that person is a crime. It is punishable with up to three months in prison, a fine of up to 5,000 rupees, or both.