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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, a child for the purpose of kidnapping from lawful guardianship…

Section 137(1)(b) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 361 IPC) covers taking or enticing a child or a person of unsound mind out of the keeping of the…

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, a child for the purpose of kidnapping from lawful guardianship is a person:

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Section 137(1)(b) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 361 IPC) covers taking or enticing a child or a person of unsound mind out of the keeping of the lawful guardian without the guardian’s consent, and section 2(3) defines a child as a person below the age of eighteen years. The threshold is therefore under eighteen for both sexes. The former IPC rule of under sixteen for a male and under eighteen for a female no longer applies, and the other age combinations are not the statutory test.

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