section 142
Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023Criminal2023358 sections20 chapters
Of kidnapping, abduction, slavery and forced labour
Statutory 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 person in confinement.
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