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Section 84 BNS — Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Official PDF page 29

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84.Whoever takes or entices away any woman who is and whom he knows or has reason to believe to be the wife of any other man, with intent that she may have illicit intercourse with any person, or conceals or detains with that intent any such woman, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

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