BNS142
BNS Section 142: Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person
Ch VI · Of Offences Affecting the Human Body
Gazette p.58
Punishment 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
Copied verbatim from the section text below.
Arrest, bail & court
- Cognizable · Non-bailable · Court by which the kidnapping or abduction is triable
From the BNSS, 2023, First Schedule (machine-extracted; check the Schedule for anything consequential).
Verbatim · BNS142. Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person.— 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.
Cite as: Section 142, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)