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'A' meets a girl aged fifteen years in a park. She tells him that she is sixteen years of age and she…

Since the girl is fifteen and thus a child under BNS s.137, her consent to go with A and her misrepresentation of her own age are immaterial, so A has committed kidnapping…

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'A' meets a girl aged fifteen years in a park. She tells him that she is sixteen years of age and she is ill-treated at her house by her father and that she would be happy to be taken away from there. Thereafter 'A' takes the girl to his house and allows her to remain there. In this case

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Since the girl is fifteen and thus a child under BNS s.137, her consent to go with A and her misrepresentation of her own age are immaterial, so A has committed kidnapping of a minor from lawful guardianship.

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