The question (10 marks)
"R, aged 17, has for months been receiving gifts, phone calls and promises of marriage from M, aged 30. One evening, after a quarrel with her parents, she packs a bag, telephones M, and asks him to pick her up; he does, and they leave the city together." Has M kidnapped R from lawful guardianship under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita? Discuss with reference to Varadarajan and Vadgama, and identify any aggravated offence.
MU problem on kidnapping from lawful guardianship; built on the Unit 7 chapter, the Varadarajan and Vadgama readings (fetched judgments) and ss. 2(3), 87, 137 in Gazette 250883.
Plan your answer on paper before you look at the authorities — issue first, then the rule, then apply it to these facts.
It tests Unit 7 · Offences Affecting the Human Body of Law of Crimes (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023).
Authorities you will need
- BNS s. 137(1)(b) and (2)
- BNS s. 2(3)
- BNS s. 87
- S. Varadarajan v State of Madras (1965)
- Thakorlal D. Vadgama v State of Gujarat (1973)
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