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Section 364 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
364. Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder
Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person in order that such person may be murdered or may be so disposed of as to be put in danger of being murdered, shall be punished with 152[imprisonment for life] or rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Illustrations
(a) A kidnaps Z from 154[India], intending or knowing it to be likely that Z may he sacrificed to an idol. A has committed the offence defined in this section.
(b) A forcibly carries or entices B away from his home in order that B may be murdered. A has committed the offence defined in this section.
Related Sections
- Section 177: Furnishing false information
- Section 38: Persons concerned in criminal act may be guilty of different offences
- Section 192: Fabricating false evidence
- Section 254: Delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be altered
- Section 123: Concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war
Related Acts
- Union Territory Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018
- Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act, 2019
- Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017
- Code on Social Security Act, 2020
- National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Act, 2017
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