Indian Penal Code : Punishment for wrongful confinement. Indian Bare Acts :

Indian Penal Code,1860

Act No : 45

Section : Punishment for wrongful confinement.

342. Punishment for wrongful confinement.--Whoever wrongfullyconfines any person shall be punished with simple imprisonment ofeither description for a term which may extend to one year, or withfine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.