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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, to constitute the offence of kidnapping from lawful…

BNS s.137 defines 'child' uniformly under s.2(3) as any person below eighteen years regardless of sex, unlike the old gender-differentiated sixteen/eighteen split, so the…

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, to constitute the offence of kidnapping from lawful guardianship the age of the kidnapped minor must be

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BNS s.137 defines 'child' uniformly under s.2(3) as any person below eighteen years regardless of sex, unlike the old gender-differentiated sixteen/eighteen split, so the minor must be under eighteen whether male or female.

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