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Published 18 Nov, 2012 03:50am

Crime and punishment

The Pakistan Penal Code awards severe penalty for kidnapping

Section 365: Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person:Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person with intent to cause that person to be secretly and wrongfully confined, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Section 365-A: Kidnapping or abducting for extorting property, valuable security, etc.:Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person for the purpose of extorting from the person kidnapped or abducted, or from any person interested in the person kidnapped or abducted any property, whether movable or immovable, or valuable security, or to compel any person to comply with any other demand, whether in cash or otherwise, for obtaining release of the person kidnapped or abducted, shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life and shall also be liable to forfeiture of property.

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