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Section 364A — Kidnapping or abducting in order to compel the Government, etc.

As in force on 21 November 2010.

Timeline 4 versions
  1. 1 February 2008 Act 51 of 2007
  2. 30 November 2008 Revised edition
  3. 21 November 2010 Act 19 of 2010
  4. 17 August 2026 Latest
Repealed in force 21 November 2010 by Hostage-Taking Act 2010
364A.Kidnapping or abducting in order to compel the Government, etc.

Whoever —

(a)kidnaps or abducts any person or keeps a person in detention after such kidnapping or abduction; and

(b)threatens to cause death or hurt to such person, or by his conduct gives rise to a reasonable apprehension that such person may be put to death or hurt, or causes death or hurt to such person,

in order to compel —

(i)the Government to do or abstain from doing any act, shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life, and shall, if he is not sentenced to death, also be liable to fine or to caning; or

(ii)any other person to do or abstain from doing any act shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 15 years, and shall also be liable to fine or to caning.

[Indian PC 1860, s. 364A]

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