Importation of a girl or boy from a foreign country is punishable under which section of the Bharatiya…
Section 141 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 366B IPC) punishes whoever "imports into India from any country outside India" any girl under the age of…
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Importation of a girl or boy from a foreign country is punishable under which section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023?
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Section 141 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 366B IPC) punishes whoever "imports into India from any country outside India" any girl under the age of twenty-one years or any boy under the age of eighteen years, intending or knowing it likely that the girl or boy will be forced or seduced to illicit intercourse with another person.
Section 96 is procuration of a child, section 140(4) is kidnapping or abduction to subject a person to grievous hurt or slavery, and section 142 is wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement a kidnapped or abducted person.
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