Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
BNS 142 was IPC 368.
Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person.
Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XVI
s. 368
Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person
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.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. VI
s. 142
Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person.
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.
Text from India Code