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Definition :

Wrongful restraint, Whoever voluntarily obstructs any person so as the prevent that person from proceeding in any direction in which that person has a right to proceed, is said wrongfully to restrain that person. (Indina Penal Code, s. 339)

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. (Indian Penal Code, s. 339)