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Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 340

Title: Wrongful Confinement

State: Central

Year: 1860

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.

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Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 346

Title: Wrongful Confinement in Secret

State: Central

Year: 1860

Whoever wrongfully confines any person in such manner as to indicate an intention that the confinement of such person may not be known to any person interested in the person so confined, or to any public servant, or that the place of such confinement may not be known to or discovered by any such person or public servant as hereinbefore mentioned, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years in addition to any other punishment to which he may be liable for such wrongful confinement.

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Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 348

Title: Wrongful Confinement to Extort Confession, or Compel Restoration of Property

State: Central

Year: 1860

Whoever wrongfully confines any person for the purpose of extorting from the person confined or any person interested in the person confined any confession or any information which may lead to the detection of an offence or misconduct, or for the purpose of constraining the person confined or any person interested in the person confined to restore or to cause the restoration of any properly or valuable security or to satisfy any claim or demand, or to give information which may lead to the restoration of any property or valuable security, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.

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Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 347

Title: Wrongful Confinement to Extort Property, or Constrain to Illegal Act

State: Central

Year: 1860

Whoever wrongfully confines any person for the purpose of extorting from the person confined, or from any person interested in the person confined, any property or valuable security or of constraining the person confined or any person interested in such person to do anything illegal or to give any information which may facilitate the commission of an offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.

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Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 342

Title: Punishment for Wrongful Confinement

State: Central

Year: 1860

Whoever wrongfully confines any person shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.

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Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 343

Title: Wrongful Confinement for Three or More Days

State: Central

Year: 1860

Whoever wrongfully confines any person for three days, or more, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

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Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 344

Title: Wrongful Confinement for Ten or More Days

State: Central

Year: 1860

Whoever wrongfully confines any person for ten days, or more, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.

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Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 345

Title: Wrongful Confinement of Person for Whose Liberation Writ Has Been Issued

State: Central

Year: 1860

Whoever keeps any person in wrongful confinement, knowing that a writ for the liberation of that person has been duly issued, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years in addition to any term of imprisonment to which he may be liable under any other section of this Chapter.

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Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 365

Title: Kidnapping or Abducting with Intent Secretly and Wrongfully to Confine Person

State: Central

Year: 1860

Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person with intent to cause that person to be secretly and wrongfully confined, shall he punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 97

Title: Search for Persons Wrongfully Confined

State: Central

Year: 1973

If any District Magistrate, Sub-divisional Magistrate or Magistrate of the first class has reason to believe that any person is confined under such circumstances that the confinement amounts to an offence, he may issue, a search-warrant, and the person to whom such warrant is directed may search for the person so confined; and such search shall be made in accordance therewith, and the person, if found, shall be immediately taken before a Magistrate, who shall make such order as in the circumstances of the case seems proper.

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