IPC Section 364A is now BNS Section 140(2)

IPC 364A (Kidnapping for ransom) → BNS 140(2) Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder or for ransom, etc

Verbatim · BNS 140(2)(2) Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person or keeps a person in detention after such kidnapping or abduction, and threatens to cause death or hurt to such person, or by his conduct gives rise to a reasonable apprehension that such person may be put to death or hurt, or causes hurt or death to such person in order to compel the Government or any foreign State or international inter-governmental organisation or any other person to do or abstain from doing any act or to pay a ransom, shall be punishable with death, or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.

Read the full BNS Section 140 →

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.