BNS Section 97 — Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years of age with intent to steal from its person
Section 97 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years of age with intent to steal from its person”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
97. Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years of age with intent to steal from its person.— Whoever kidnaps or abducts any child under the age of ten years with the intention of taking dishonestly any movable property from the person of such child, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine. ¶
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