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Kidnapping and its punishment

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Kidnapping and its punishment

Kidnapping has been codified as a criminal offence under the Indian Penal Code,1860.

Kidnapping has been given a wider connotation as meaning carrying away of a human being against his or her consent or the consent of some other person legally authorized to give consent on behalf of such person.

Section 360 [Kidnapping from India]

As per Section 360 Kidnapping from India means,

“Whoever conveys any person beyond the limits of India without the consent of that person, or of some person legally authorized to consent on behalf of that person is said to kidnap that person from India.”

Section 361 [Kidnapping from Lawful Guardianship]

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