(720 ILCS 5/10-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 10-4)
    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.
(Source: P.A. 79-941.)