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CHAPTER II DISCUSSIONS

In order for us to understand more about kidnapping, let us differentiate it from illegal detention and know what are its elements. The offense of kidnapping connotes transporting the offended party from one place to another while illegal detention focuses on one restrained of his liberty of locomotion without necessarily transporting him from one place to another. The essential element or act which makes the offense of kidnapping is the deprivation of an offended partys liberty.1 In kidnapping there is an offender who is a private individual; that he kidnaps or detains another, or in any other manner deprive the latter of his liberty; the act of detention or kidnapping must be illegal; and that in the commission of the offense, any of these circumstances is present: (a) That the kidnapping or detention last for more than 3 days; (b) That it is committed simulating public authority; (c) That any serious physical injuries are inflicted upon the person kidnapped or detained or threats to kill him are made; or (d) That the person kidnapped or detained is a minor, female, or a public officer.

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