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Section 365 IPC — Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person

Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Official PDF page 145

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365. Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person.--Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person with intent to cause that person to be secretly and wrongfully confined, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

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