IPC Section 359 is now BNS Section 137(1)
- IPC 359 (Kidnapping) → BNS 137(1) Kidnapping
Verbatim · BNS 137(1)(1) Kidnapping is of two kinds: kidnapping from India, and kidnapping from lawful guardianship — (a) whoever conveys any person beyond the limits of India without the consent of that person, or of some person legally authorised to consent on behalf of that person, is said to kidnap that person from India; (b) whoever takes or entices any child or any person of unsound mind, out of the keeping of the lawful guardian of such child or person of unsound mind, without the consent of such guardian, is said to kidnap such child or person from lawful guardianship.
Read the full BNS Section 137 →
Offences committed before 1 July 2024 are still charged and tried under the IPC; the BNS applies to offences on or after that date.
Old-to-new correspondence is indicative and not always one-to-one; read the new text itself.