720 ILCS 5/10-4

in effect

(720 ILCS 5/10-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 10-4) Sec. 10-4. Forcible Detention.) (a) A person commits the offense of forcible detention when he holds an individual hostage without lawful authority for the purpose of obtaining performance by a third person of demands made by the person holding the hostage, and (1) the person holding the hostage is armed with a dangerous weapon as defined in Section 33A-1 of this Code, or (2) the hostage is known to the person holding him to be a peace officer or a correctional employee engaged in the performance of his official duties. (b) Forcible detention is a Class 2 felony. (Source: P.A. 79-941.)

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