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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, specifically punishes kidnapping or abduction for…

Section 140(2) covers kidnapping, abduction or detention after kidnapping or abduction. It also requires the offender to threaten death or hurt to that person, cause a…

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, specifically punishes kidnapping or abduction for ransom?

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Section 140(2) covers kidnapping, abduction or detention after kidnapping or abduction.

It also requires the offender to threaten death or hurt to that person, cause a reasonable apprehension of such harm by their conduct, or actually cause that person hurt or death.

The purpose must be to compel a government, a foreign state, an international intergovernmental organisation or another person to do or refrain from doing an act or to pay a ransom.

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Option A

Section 96 concerns procuration of a child.

Option B

Section 141 concerns importation of a girl or boy from a foreign country in the circumstances specified there.

Option C

Section 144 concerns exploitation of a trafficked person.

Option D

Section 140(2) contains the specific ransom provision.

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