Kidnapping at the age of 15 is a crime of kidnapping. In judicial practice, a person who has reached the age of 14 but not the age of 16 should be investigated for criminal responsibility according to the Criminal Law for the act of killing the kidnapped person after kidnapping the hostage.
Legal basis:
Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 239 Whoever kidnaps another person for the purpose of extorting money or property or kidnaps another person as a hostage shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment and shall also be fined or sentenced to confiscation of property; If the circumstances are relatively minor, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than 10 years and shall also be fined.
Whoever commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph, kills or intentionally injures a kidnapped person, thus causing serious injury or death, shall be sentenced to life imprisonment or death and also to confiscation of property.
Whoever steals an infant or child for the purpose of extorting money or property shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs.
