INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
368. Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted
142. Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted
person.
368. Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped
or abducted person.--Whoever, knowing that any person has been
kidnapped or has been abducted, wrongfully conceals or confines such
person, shall be punished in the same manner as if he had kidnapped or
abducted such person with the same intention or knowledge, or for the
same purpose as that with or for which he conceals or detains such
person in confinement.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
142. Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person.—
Whoever, knowing that any person has been kidnapped or has been abducted, wrongfully conceals or
confines such person, shall be punished in the same manner as if he had kidnapped or abducted such
person with the same intention or knowledge, or for the same purpose as that with or for which he
conceals or detains such person in confinement.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023