Section 84

Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman.

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

  • Act 45 of 2023
  • Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Department of Internal Security
About this Act

An Act to consolidate and amend the provisions relating to offences and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

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Chapter V: Of offences against woman and child Sections 63 to 99

    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.

Source: India Code (Legislative Department, Govt. of India). Check the official Gazette before relying on it in court. Not legal advice. Free legal aid: 15100 (NALSA) · Know your rights

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