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Section 339 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
339. Wrongful restraint
Whoever voluntarily obstructs any person so as to prevent that person from proceeding in any direction in which that person has a right to proceed, is said wrongfully to restrain that person.
Exception- The obstruction of a private way over land or water which a person in good faith believes himself to have a lawful right to obstruct, is not an offence within the meaning of this section.
Illustration
A obstructs a path along which Z has a right to pass. A not believing in good faith that he has a right to stop the path. Z is thereby prevented from passing. A wrongfully restrains Z.
Related Sections
- Section 71: Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences
- Section 113: Liability of abettor for an effect caused by the act abetted different from that intended by the abettor
- Section 124: Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power
- Section 376C: Intercourse by superintendent of jail, remand home, etc
- Section 368: Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person
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