KIDNAPPING

In criminal law, kidnapping is the abduction and restraint by force or unlawful transportation of a person usually in order to hold them captive against their will. This may be done with a demand for ransom in exchange for releasing them from concealment, or for other illegal purposes. Kidnapping can be accompanied by bodily injury which elevates the crime to aggravated kidnapping.

Hostage taking, and Kidnapping are considered as terrorizing crimes in world. It occurs when a person is abducted and taken from one place to another against their will, or a situation in which a person is confined to a controlled space without the confinement being from a legal authority. Consequently, when the transportation or confinement of the person is done for an unlawful purpose, such as for ransom or for the purpose of committing another crime, the act becomes criminal: For example, kidnapping a bank officer’s family in order to gain assistance in robbing a bank. Or abducting and eloping with a girl for the purpose of initializing or finalizing sexual or marriage plans against the wish of the parents or guardian, especially an underage.

Kidnapping can be defined as the act of seizing and detaining or carrying away a person by unlawful force or by fraud, and often with a demand for ransom. It involves taking a person from their family forcefully without their consent with the motive of holding the person as a hostage and earning a profit from their family. In this regard, kidnapping could be for a number of reasons such as getting monetary reward, or getting some sort of benefits from the person. It is usually done for a motive or for oppressive intentions, the most common of which is extorting money from the family of the victim in form of ransom for freedom and continual living. Based on these discrepancies one finds in kidnapping, similar terms like hostage-taking, abduction, hijacking, capturing, etc.

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