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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, A takes fourteen-year-old B from her lawful guardian’s keeping…

Section 137(1)(b) makes it kidnapping from lawful guardianship to take a child out of the keeping of the lawful guardian without the guardian's consent, and section 87…

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, A takes fourteen-year-old B from her lawful guardian’s keeping without the guardian’s consent, then forces her to travel with him intending to compel her to marry against her will. No statutory custody-belief exception applies. Which provisions address the stated offences?

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Section 137(1)(b) makes it kidnapping from lawful guardianship to take a child out of the keeping of the lawful guardian without the guardian's consent, and section 87 punishes kidnapping or abducting a woman "with intent that she may be compelled, or knowing it to be likely that she will be compelled, to marry any person against her will". The two provisions address different elements and both apply; section 96, on procuring a child for illicit intercourse, does not fit these facts.

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