LawgistThe Indian Penal Code
339Wrongful restraint
Whoever voluntarily obstructs any person so as to prevent that person from proceeding in any direction in which that person has a right to proceed, is said wrongfully to restrain that person.
Exception.—The obstruction of a private way over land or water which a person in good faith believes himself to have a lawful right to obstruct, is not an offence within the meaning of this section.
Illustration
A obstructs a path along which Z has a right to pass, A not believing in good faith that he has a right to stop the path. Z is thereby prevented from passing. A wrongfully restrains Z.
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Of wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement
- 339 Wrongful restraint
- 340 Wrongful confinement
- 341 Punishment for wrongful restraint
- 342 Punishment for wrongful confinement
- 343 Wrongful confinement for three or more days
- 344 Wrongful confinement for ten or more days
- 345 Wrongful confinement of person for whose liberation writ has been issued
- 346 Wrongful confinement in secret
- 347 Wrongful confinement to extort property, or constrain to illegal act
- 348 Wrongful confinement to extort confession, or compel restoration of property
