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Section 343 IPC — Wrongful confinement for three or more days

Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Official PDF page 136

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343. Wrongful confinement for three or more days.--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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