Section 364A:
Kidnapping for ransom, etc.
1[Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person or keeps a person in
detention after such kidnapping or abduction, and 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
hurt or death to such person in order to compel the Government or 2
[any foreign State or international inter-governmental organisation or any other person] to do or abstain from doing any act or to pay a
ransom, shall be punishable with death, or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 42 of 1993, s. 2.
2. Subs. by Act 24 of 1995, s. 2, for "any other person".