Section 368: Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person

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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

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1. 1. Under Section 142 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, a person who, knowing that a person has been kidnapped or abducted, wrongfully conceals or confines that person, is punished

   A.with one-half of the punishment provided for the kidnapping or abduction, as an accessory after the factB.in the same manner as if he had kidnapped or abducted that person with the same intention or for the same purposeC.only if he took part in the original kidnapping or abduction, since concealment alone is not an offenceD.with imprisonment which may extend to one year, or fine, or both, as for wrongful confinement under Section 127
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