Indian Penal Code, 1860
[364A.
Kidnapping for ransom, etc
Whoever
kidnaps or abducts any person or keeps a person in detention after such
kidnapping or abduction and threatens to cause death or hurt to such person, or
by his conduct gives rise to a reasonable apprehension that such person may be
put to death or hurt, or causes hurt or death to such person in order to compel
the Government or 159[any foreign State or international
inter-governmental organization or any other person] to do or abstain from doing
any act or to pay a ransom, shall be punishable with death, or imprisonment for
life, and shall also be liable to fine.]