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Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

Section 136 BNS: Meaning, Punishment & Bailable or Not

    Assault or criminal force on grave provocation.— Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any person on grave and sudden provocation given by that person, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which… 

    Section 137 BNS: Meaning, Punishment & Bailable or Not

      Kidnapping.— (1) Kidnapping is of two kinds: kidnapping from India, and kidnapping from lawful guardianship— (a) whoever conveys any person beyond the limits of India without the consent of that person, or of some person… 

      Section 142 BNS: Meaning, Punishment & Bailable or Not

        Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person.— 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… 

        Section 143 BNS: Meaning, Punishment & Bailable or Not

          Trafficking of person.— (1) Whoever, for the purpose of exploitation recruits, transports, harbours, transfers, or receives a person or persons, by— Explanation 1.— The expression “exploitation” shall include any act of physical exploitation or any… 

          Section 144 BNS: Meaning, Punishment & Bailable or Not

            Exploitation of a trafficked person.— (1) Whoever, knowingly or having reason to believe that a child has been trafficked, engages such child for sexual exploitation in any manner, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for…