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Section 340 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
340. Wrongful 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. A 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 to leave the building. A wrongfully confines Z.
Related Sections
- Section 216: Harboring offender who has escaped from custody or whose apprehension has been ordered
- Section 251: Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is altered
- Section 171D: Personation at elections
- Section 506: Punishment for criminal intimidation
- Section 222: Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend person under sentence or lawfully committed
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