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IPC Section 498 - Enticing or taking away or detaining with cr iminal intent a married woman
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 498 deals with enticing or taking away or detaining with cr iminal intent a married woman.
Full official legal text
498. Enticing or taking away or detaining with cr iminal intent a married woman. 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, from that man, or from any person having the care of her on behalf of that 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.
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