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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, what should be the age of a minor to constitute the offence of…

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

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, what should be the age of a minor to constitute the offence of kidnapping from lawful guardianship?

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Section 137(1)(b) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 361 IPC) covers taking or enticing any child, or any 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 any person below the age of eighteen years. The age limit is therefore below eighteen for both sexes.

The old separate limits of sixteen for a male and eighteen for a female no longer apply, and twenty-one is not a limit for kidnapping.

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