Section 142 Earlier IPC 368
Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person
Chapter 6: Offences affecting the human body
Whoever, knowing that any person has been kidnapped or has been abducted, wrongfully conceals or confines such person, shall be punished in the same manner as if he had kidnapped or abducted such person with the same intention or knowledge, or for the same purpose as that with or for which he conceals or detains such person in confinement.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 139Kidnapping or maiming a child for purposes of beggingIPC 363A
- 140Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder or for ransom, etcIPC 364, 364A
- 141Importation of girl or boy from foreign countryIPC 366B
- 143Trafficking of personIPC 370
- 144Exploitation of a trafficked personIPC 370A
- 145Habitual dealing in slavesIPC 371