BNS §142
Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person
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368. Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person.—Whoever, knowing that any person has been kidnapped or has been abducted, wrongfully conceals or confines such person, shall be punished in the same manner as if he had kidnapped or abducted such person with the same intention or knowledge, or for the same purpose as that with or for which he conceals or detains such person in confinement.
Whoever, knowing that any person has been kidnapped or has been abducted, wrongfully conceals or confines such person, shall be punished in the same manner as if he had kidnapped or abducted such person with the same intention or knowledge, or for the same purpose as that with or for which he conceals or detains such person in confinement.
What changedAI-inferred
IPC 368 preserved character-identically as BNS 142.
Old position
IPC Section 368 is concerned with Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person.
New position
The successor provision is BNS 142 (Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person). Relationship: substantively_same. See the change-note for the operative delta.
Editorial deltaAI-indicated (source-linked)
BNS 142 (Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person) preserves the framework of IPC 368. BNS 142 retains the operative provisions in substantively the same form, with drafting modernisation and structural updates as required by the new code.
BNS 142 text: Whoever, knowing that any person has been kidnapped or has been abducted, wrongfully conceals or confines such person, shall be punished in the same manner as if he had kidnapped or abducted such person with the same intention or knowledge, or for the same purpose as that with or for which he conceals or detains such...
Transitional note (repeal & savings)
For matters initiated before 1 July 2024, IPC 368 continues to apply. For matters from that date forward, BNS 142 applies. The transition is governed by the repeal-and-savings clause in the new code (BNS 358); pending proceedings under the old code carry forward in their existing frame.
Frequently asked
BNS 142. The relationship is classified as substantively_same. See the change-note above for the textual delta.
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Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · §142
View government sourcemha.gov.in(opens the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 PDF on mha.gov.in in a new tab)Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India · PDF
Indian Penal Code, 1860 · §368
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