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With reference to the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the age of a child for the offence of kidnapping…

Section 137(1)(b) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 defines kidnapping from lawful guardianship as taking or enticing any child, or any person of unsound mind, out of the…

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With reference to the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the age of a child for the offence of kidnapping from lawful guardianship should be:

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Section 137(1)(b) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 defines kidnapping from lawful guardianship as taking or enticing any child, or any person of unsound mind, out of the keeping of the lawful guardian without the guardian's consent. Under section 2(3), "child" means any person below the age of eighteen years, so the age is the same for boys and girls (formerly section 361 IPC, which used under sixteen for males and under eighteen for females).

Twenty or twenty-one years has never been the age for this offence.

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