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Section 142 BNS — Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Official PDF page 46

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142.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.

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