Whoever takes or entices away any woman who is and whom he knows or has reason to believe to be the wife of any other man, with intent that she may have illicit intercourse with any person, or conceals or detains with that intent any such woman, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
Central Act · India · Chapter V — Of Offences Against Woman And Child
Section 84 BNS Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Edition: Original enacted Gazette, 25 December 2023; UP Police comparison table supplied in 2024
Judgments on Section 84
LOK 2009 (5) SC 533 · Supreme Court of India
Narendra v. State of Karnataka
Equivalent citations: (2009) 6 SCC 61 : JT 2009 (7) SC 566 : AIR 2009 SC 1881 : 2009 (7) SCR 585
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ActsIndian Penal Code, 1860 (Sections 302 and 498(A))
LOK 2008 (12) SC 24 · Supreme Court of India
Rajendran & Anr. v. State Asstt. Commnr. of Police Law & Order
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ActsIndian Penal Code, 1860 (Section 498(A)); Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (Section 113B)