Sec. 10-4. Forcible Detention.
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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.