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.
CHAPTER XVI OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY · Of wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement
Section 345: Wrongful confinement of person for whose liberation writ has been issued
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)
Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.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
| 345. Wrongful confinement of person for whose liberation writ has been issued. | BNS 127(5) |
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1. Under Section 127(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, a person who keeps another in wrongful confinement, knowing that a writ for the liberation of that person has been duly issued, is punishable with imprisonment of either description which may extend to