VidhiSangh

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Section 362: Abduction

Repealed. Repealed from 1 July 2024. Use it for offences committed before repeal and other liabilities, investigations or proceedings preserved by BNS section 358; do not use it as the current general penal code.

Chapter XVI — Of Offences Affecting the Human Body

362. Whoever by force compels, or by any deceitful means induces any person to go from any place, is said to abduct that person.

Source: official text of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.