IPC Section 498 is now BNS Section 84
- IPC 498 (Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman) → BNS 84 Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman
Verbatim · BNS 8484. Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman.— Whoever takes or entices away any woman who is and whom he knows or has reason to believe to be the wife of any other man, with intent that she may have illicit intercourse with any person, or conceals or detains with that intent any such woman, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
Read the full BNS Section 84 →
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.