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Section 343 — Wrongful confinement for 3 or more days

As in force on 1 April 2015.

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343.Wrongful confinement for 3 or more days

Whoever wrongfully confines any person for 3 days or more, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years, or with fine, or with both.

[Indian PC 1860, s. 343]