Ark. Code Ann. § 5-11-106: Permanent detention or restraint

(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. (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. Acts 1975, No. 280, § 1706, as added by Acts 1977, No. 360, § 6; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-1706.

(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.