BBanaka

BNS Section 142: Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 6: Of Offences Affecting the Human Body - Of offences affecting life - Of hurt - Of wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement - Of criminal force and assault - Of kidnapping, abduction, slavery and forced labour

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142. Whoever, knowing that any person has been kidnapped or has been abducted, wrongfully conceals or confines such person, shall be punished in the same manner as if he had kidnapped or abducted such person with the same intention or knowledge, or for the same purpose as that with or for which he conceals or detains such person in confinement.

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Replaces IPC 368. IPC → BNS converterSource: BPR&D BNS–IPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-06-28)

Punishment, bail and trial

142Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person.

Punishment
Punishment for kidnapping or abduction.
Cognizable or not
Cognizable
Bailable or not
Non‑bailable
Triable by
Court by which the kidnapping or abduction is triable

Source: BNSS First Schedule, Gazette of India, 25 December 2023, p. 167. The Schedule gives the substance of the section, not its full definition, and a State may have amended the classification for its territory. See it in the full First Schedule

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