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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 366

KIDNAPPING ABDUCTING OR INDUCING WOMAN TO COMPEL HER MARRIAGE, ETC Whoever kidnaps or abducts any woman with intent

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The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 366 is part of The Indian Penal Code 1860 - KIDNAPPING ABDUCTING OR INDUCING WOMAN TO COMPEL HER MARRIAGE, ETC Whoever kidnaps or abducts any woman with intent. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 366: KIDNAPPING ABDUCTING OR INDUCING WOMAN TO COMPEL HER MARRIAGE, ETC Whoever kidnaps or abducts any woman with intent that she may be compelled, or knowing it to be likely thatshe will be compelled, to marry any person against her will, or in order that she may be forced or seduced to illicit intercourse, or knowing it to be likely that she will be forced or seduced to illicit intercourse, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, shall also be liable to fine and whoever, by means of criminal intimidation as defined in this Code or of abuse of authority or any method of compulsion, induces any woman to go from any place with intent that she may be, or knowing that it is likely that she will be , forced or seduced illicit intercourse with another person shall be punishable as aforesaid.

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Section Section 366 of the The Indian Penal Code 1860 (KIDNAPPING ABDUCTING OR INDUCING WOMAN TO COMPEL HER MARRIAGE, ETC Whoever kidnaps or abducts any woman with intent) is reproduced on this page as part of the The Indian Penal Code 1860. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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