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A in good faith believes he is entitled to lawful custody of a girl under eighteen. Without the consent…

The offence is "Kidnapping from lawful guardianship": section 137(1)(b) covers taking a child out of the lawful guardian's keeping without consent, and its good-faith…

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A in good faith believes he is entitled to lawful custody of a girl under eighteen. Without the consent of her lawful guardian, he takes her out of that guardian’s keeping for an immoral purpose. No force or deceitful inducement is stated. Which offence is established by these facts?

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The offence is "Kidnapping from lawful guardianship": section 137(1)(b) covers taking a child out of the lawful guardian's keeping without consent, and its good-faith lawful-custody exception does not protect a taking for an immoral or unlawful purpose, so "No offence because a good-faith custody belief always exempts the taking" is wrong. Abduction under section 138 requires force or deceitful inducement, and crossing India's limits is not stated.

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