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Section 498 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
498. 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, from that man, or from any person having the care of her on behalf of that 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.
Related Sections
- Section 241: Delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be counterfeit
- Section 424: Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property
- Section 225A: Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases not otherwise, provided for
- Section 239: Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit
- Section 364: Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder
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