Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
BNS 84 was IPC 498.
Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman.
Carried over
80% of the old wording kept
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XX
s. 498
Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman
Whoever takes or entices away any woman who is and whom he knows or has reason to believe to be the wife of any other man, from that man, or from any person having the care of her on behalf of that man, with intent that she may have illicit intercourse with any person, or conceals or detains with that intent any such woman, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. V
s. 84
Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman.
Whoever takes or entices away any woman who is and whom he knows or has reason to believe to be the wife of any other man, with intent that she may have illicit intercourse with any person, or conceals or detains with that intent any such woman, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
Text from India Code