{"data":{"id":"us-il/720-ilcs-5-10-4","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"720 ILCS 5/10-4","heading":"","body":"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\n(1) the person holding the hostage is armed with a dangerous weapon as defined in Section 33A-1 of this Code, or\n(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.\n(b) Forcible detention is a Class 2 felony.","path":["CHAPTER 720 CRIMINAL OFFENSES","Criminal Code of 2012."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1876\u0026ChapterID=53\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:41Z","sha256":"c44cd6ea4ed3567184f44aa2699fd8e96a85ca531e42662025734a570c5b6d82","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/720-ilcs-5-10-3.1","next":"us-il/720-ilcs-5-10-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}