IPC Section 364 — Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder

Summary

If a person takes or carries away someone by force or deceit, or forces them to go from one place to another, with the intention that the person will be killed or left in a situation where they could be killed, that person has committed this offence. The punishment for this crime is either life imprisonment or a minimum of ten years of hard imprisonment, along with a fine.

Official Text

Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person in order that such person may be murdered or may be so disposed of as to be put in danger of being murdered, shall be punished with imprisonment for life or rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Related Judgments

• S.C.R. SHAIK AHMED v. STATE OF TELANGANA — Supreme Court of India (2021)
• NEERAJ SHARMA v. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH — Supreme Court of India (2024)
• S.C.R. RAVI DHINGRA v. THE STATE OF HARYANA — Supreme Court of India (2023)
• SOMU v. THE STATE REP. BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE — Supreme Court of India (2020)
• BADSHAH AND ORS v. STATE OF U.P. 771 — Supreme Court of India (2008)
• GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND ANR v. GEORGE PHILIP NOVEMBER 16, 2006 B — Supreme Court of India (S)
• SC (2024) Vol.10 p.108 — Supreme Court of India (2024)
• ARVINDERVIR SINGH v. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANR AUGUST 5, 1998 — Supreme Court of India (1998)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §140 — Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder or for ransom, etc