IPC 339 — Wrongful restraint

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

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.

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