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CHAPTER XVI OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY · Of Kidnapping, abduction, slavery and forced labour

Section 363: Punishment for kidnapping

The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

Whoever kidnaps any person from 1[India] or from lawful guardianship, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.The words “British India” have successively been subs. by the A. O. 1948, the A. O. 1950 and Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch., to read as above.

Now in the BNS

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

363. Punishment for kidnapping.BNS 137(2)

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