Indian Penal Code
IPC 364 is now BNS 140(1).
Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder · BNS 140 brings it together with IPC 364A, 365 and 367.
Merged
Old wording kept in full
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XVI
s. 364
Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder
Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person in order that such person may be murdered or may be so disposed of as to be put in danger of being murdered, shall be punished with 3[imprisonment for life] or rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine. IIIustrations
(a) A kidnaps Z from 1[India], intending or knowing it to be likely that Z may be sacrificed to an idol. A has committed the offence defined in this section.
(b) A forcibly carries or entices B away from his home in order that B may be murdered. A has committed the offence defined in this section.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. VI
s. 140(1)of section 140
Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder or for ransom, etc.
(1) Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person in order that such person may be murdered or may be so disposed of as to be put in danger of being murdered, shall be punished with imprisonment for life or rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Illustrations.
(a) A kidnaps Z from India, intending or knowing it to be likely that Z may be sacrificed to an idol. A has committed the offence defined in this section.
(b) A forcibly carries or entices B away from his home in order that B may be murdered. A has committed the offence defined in this section.
Text from India Code