Whoever wrongfully restrains any person shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.
CHAPTER XVI OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY · Of wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement
Section 341: Punishment for wrongful restraint
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)
Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.
Now in the BNS
As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table
| 341. Punishment for wrongful restraint. | BNS 126(2) |