IPC Section 346 — Wrongful confinement in secret

wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement

Criminal

Summary

If a person wrongfully confines someone in a way that shows they intend to keep that confinement hidden from people who care about the confined person, or from a public servant, or to hide the location of the confinement from them, that person can be punished with up to two years of imprisonment. This punishment is in addition to any other punishment they may already face for the wrongful confinement itself.

Official Text

Whoever wrongfully confines any person in such manner as to indicate an intention that the confinement of such person may not be known to any person interested in the person so confined, or to any public servant, or that the place of such confinement may not be known to or discovered by any such person or public servant as hereinbefore mentioned, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years in addition to any other punishment to which he may be liable for such wrongful confinement.

Related Judgments

  • S.C.R. SHAIK AHMED v. STATE OF TELANGANA — Supreme Court of India (2021)
  • NEERAJ SHARMA v. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH — Supreme Court of India (2024)
  • KAMAL JEET KAUR v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN MAY 14, 2007 — Supreme Court of India (2007)
  • S.C.R. 609 SHATRUGHAN CHAUHAN & ANR v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS — Supreme Court of India (2014)
  • SUNIL BATRA v. DELHI ADMN — Supreme Court of India (1979)
  • CHATURBHAIM.PATEL v. THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Supreme Court of India (1960)
  • SOMU v. THE STATE REP. BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE — Supreme Court of India (2020)
  • S.C.R. RAVI S/O ASHOK GHUMARE v. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA — Supreme Court of India (2019)

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