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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, A kidnaps Z from India, intending or knowing it to be likely…

Section 140(1) of the BNS punishes kidnapping or abducting a person so that he may be murdered or put in danger of being murdered. The Act illustrates this with Z's intended…

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, A kidnaps Z from India, intending or knowing it to be likely that Z may be sacrificed to an idol. Which offence has A committed?

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Section 140(1) of the BNS punishes kidnapping or abducting a person so that he may be murdered or put in danger of being murdered. The Act illustrates this with Z's intended sacrifice to an idol, so A has committed "Kidnapping in order to murder, under section 140(1)". The purpose of the kidnapping takes it beyond simple kidnapping from India, and there is no demand for ransom or secret confinement in the facts.

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