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Section 344 — Wrongful confinement for 10 or more days

As in force on 1 April 2015.

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344.Wrongful confinement for 10 or more days

Whoever wrongfully confines any person for 10 days or more, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3 years, and shall also be liable to fine.

[Indian PC 1860, s. 344]