Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023
Section 142 :
Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person :
(See section 368 of IPC 1860)
Section : 142
Classification of Offence:
Offence : Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person.
Punishment : Punishment for kidnapping or abduction.
Cognizable or Non-cognizable : Cognizable
Bailable or Non-bailable : Non-bailable
Compoundable or Non-compoundable : Non-compoundable
By Which Court Triable : Court by which the kidnapping or abduction is triable.
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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.
Indian Penal Code 1860 (IPC 1860)
Section 368 :
Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person:
(See section 142 of BNS 2023)
Classification of Offence:
Offence: Concealing or keeping in confinement a kidnapped person.
Punishment : Punishment for kidnapping and abduction.
Cognizable or Non-cognizable : Cognizable
Bailable or Non-bailable :Non-bailable
Compoundable or Non-compoundable : Non-compoundable
By Which Court Triable :Court by which the kidnapping or abduction is triable.
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Whoever, knowing that any person has been kidnapped or has been abducted, wrongfully conceals or confines such person, shall be pushed 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.