Section 84
Kidnapping and abduction of child.
The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to children alleged and found to be in conflict with law and children in need of care and protection by catering to their basic needs through proper care, protection, development, treatment, social re-integration, by adopting a child-friendly approach in the adjudication and disposal of matters in the best interest of children and for their rehabilitation through processes provided, and institutions and bodies established, herein under and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
For the purposes of this Act, the provisions of sections
359 to 369 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), shall mutatis mutandis apply to a child or a minor who
is under the age of eighteen years and all the provisions shall be construed accordingly.