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.
CHAPTER XVI OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY · Of Kidnapping, abduction, slavery and forced labour
Section 365: Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)
Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.
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
| 365. Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person. | BNS 140(3) |
Questions on this section
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1. A, by deceitful means, induces Z, an adult, to accompany him to a distant town, intending that Z shall be kept secretly and wrongfully confined there. There is no demand for ransom and no intent to cause death or hurt. Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, A is punishable with imprisonment which may extend to