IPC Section 366 is now BNS Section 87
- IPC 366 (Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc.) → BNS 87 Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc
Verbatim · BNS 8787. Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc.— Whoever kidnaps or abducts any woman with intent that she may be compelled, or knowing it to be likely that she will be compelled, to marry any person against her will, or in order that she may be forced or seduced to illicit intercourse, or knowing it to be likely that she will be forced or seduced to illicit intercourse, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine; and whoever, by means of criminal intimidation as defined in this S…
Read the full BNS Section 87 →
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.