IPC Section 346 — Wrongful confinement in secret

wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement

Criminal

Punishment

Imprisonment up to 2 years

As the section puts it: “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”

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.

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