Whoever wrongfully confines any person shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to $1,0002008$3,0002008, or with both.
Section history
Section 342 — Punishment for wrongful confinement
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
Section 342 — Original text to 1 January 2020superseded
Section 342 — From 1 January 2020 (current)rewritten (not yet redlined) — Criminal Law Reform Act 2019
Whoever wrongfully confines any person shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3 years, or with fine, or with both.
[Indian PC 1860, s. 342]