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Section 339 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
339. Wrongful 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.
Related Sections
- Section 91: Exclusion of acts which are offences independently of harm caused
- Section 450: House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment for life
- Section 210: Fraudulently obtaining decree for sum not due
- Section 340: Wrongful confinement
- Section 263A: Prohibition of fictitious stamps
Related Acts
- Marine Aids to Navigation Act, 2021
- Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015
- Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Act, 2021
- India International Arbitration Centre Act, 2019
- Integrated Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018
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