Section 142 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023:Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person.
Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person.Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023
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.