Permanent detention or restraint

Ark. Code Ann. § 5-11-106 — under Kidnapping and Related Offenses.

Ark. Code Ann. § 5-11-106

(a) A person commits the offense of permanent detention or restraint if, without consent and without lawful authority, the person restrains a person with the purpose of holding or concealing the other person:(1) Without ever releasing the other person; or(2) Without ever returning the other person to the person or institution from whose lawful custody the other person was taken.

(1) Without ever releasing the other person; or

(2) Without ever returning the other person to the person or institution from whose lawful custody the other person was taken.

(b) (1) Permanent detention or restraint is a Class B felony.(2) However, permanent detention or restraint is a Class D felony if the person detained or restrained is the child of the defendant.

(1) Permanent detention or restraint is a Class B felony.

(2) However, permanent detention or restraint is a Class D felony if the person detained or restrained is the child of the defendant.