Legal Provisions of Section 369 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.
Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years with intent to steal from its person:
This section penalises kidnapping or abduction of a child under ten years with the intention of stealing something from the person of the child. It says that whoever either kidnaps or abducts any child under the age of ten years with the intention of dishonestly taking any movable property from the person of that child, shall be punished with simple or rigorous imprisonment for a term extending up to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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The section is attracted where a child under ten years of age is kidnapped or abducted and the intention of the offender is to take dishonestly any movable property from the person of such child. In most of the cases, this movable property is either ornaments worn by the child or the money with him.
The offence under section 369 is cognizable, non-bailable and non-compoundable, and is triable by magistrate of the first class.