Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Chapter XVI: Of Offences Affecting the Human Body · Of wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement
Section 343: Wrongful confinement for three or more days
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 from 1 July 2024. It still applies to offences and proceedings from before that date.
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.
Corresponding sections were matched by comparing the wording of both official texts, and for the IPC and BNS, also against a published correspondence table. Wording, punishments and structure often changed, so read both sections before relying on the match.
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 343
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Ajay Malik v. State of Uttarakhand & Anr.
(1) Whether the High Court acted well within the contours of its powers under Section 482 of the CrPC in rejecting Ajay Malik’s quashing petition; (2) Whether the High Court fell in error in rejecting the Compounding…
- Pramod Singh Kirar v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors.
- Commissioner of Police v. Raj Kumar
- Shaik Ahmed v. State of Telangana
- D. Devaraja v. Owais Sabeer Hussain
- Ms. X v. The State of Telangana and Anr.