A person uses force to compel an adult to go from one place to another. Which concept in the Bharatiya…
Section 138 defines abduction as compelling a person by force, or inducing a person by deceit, to go from a place. This definition identifies the conduct. Punishment depends…
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A person uses force to compel an adult to go from one place to another. Which concept in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 describes that compelled movement?
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Section 138 defines abduction as compelling a person by force, or inducing a person by deceit, to go from a place. This definition identifies the conduct. Punishment depends on the applicable offence and its additional requirements.
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Option A
Abetment concerns instigation, certain conspiracies, or intentional aid in doing a thing. The conduct described is the person's direct use of force to move the adult.
Option B
Wrongful confinement restrains a person within circumscribed limits. The fact tested here is compelled movement from a place.
Option C
Section 138 defines abduction to include compelling any person by force to go from a place.
Option D
Theft requires dishonest moving of movable property out of another person's possession without consent. The object of the compulsion is a person.
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