LawgistThe Indian Penal Code
340Wrongful confinement
Whoever wrongfully restrains any person in such a manner as to prevent that person from proceedings beyond certain circumscribing limits, is said "wrongfully to confine" that person.
Illustrations
(a) A causes Z to go within a walled space, and locks Z in Z is thus prevented from proceeding in any direction beyond the circumscribing line of wall. A wrongfully confines Z.
(b) A places men with firearms at the outlets of a building, and tells Z that they will fire at Z if Z attempts leave the building. A wrongfully confines 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
