Section 142 BNS or Section 142 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita talks about “Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person.“
Section 142 of BNS is part of CHAPTER VI OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY in Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Act
Definition of Section 142 BNS
Whoever, knowing that any person has been kidnapped or has been abducted, wrongfully conceals or confines such person, shall be punished in the same manner as if he had kidnapped or abducted such person with the same intention or knowledge, or for the same purpose as that with or for which he conceals or detains such person in confinement.
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