Section 138 Earlier IPC 362
Abduction
Chapter 6: Offences affecting the human body
Whoever by force compels, or by any deceitful means induces, any person to go from any place, is said to abduct that person.
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
- 137KidnappingIPC 359, 360
- 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
- 142Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted personIPC 368
- 143Trafficking of personIPC 370