The correct answer is Punishment shall not be less than seven years, but which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
- Under Section 370, whoever commits the offence of trafficking shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than seven years, but which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Important Points
- Section 370 -
- Trafficking means whoever, for the purpose of exploitation, a. recruits b. transports c.harbours, d.transfers, or e. receives, a person or persons, by-
- using threats,
- using force, or any other form of coercion,
- by abduction,
- by practising fraud, or deception,
- by abuse of power,
- by inducement, including the giving or receiving of payments or benefits, in order to achieve the consent of any person having control over the person recruited, harboured, transported, transferred, or received, commits the offence of trafficking.
- Trafficking means whoever, for the purpose of exploitation, a. recruits b. transports c.harbours, d.transfers, or e. receives, a person or persons, by-
- The expression "exploitation" shall include any act of physical exploitation or any form of sexual exploitation or practices similar to slavery, servitude, or the forced removal of organs.
- The consent of the victim is immaterial in the determination of the offence of trafficking.




