# Section 126 in THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 – BNS

> Of wrongful restraint and wrongful confinementWrongful restraint.(1) Whoever voluntarily obstructs any person so as to prevent that person from proceeding in any direction in which that person has a …

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Author: Sudhir Rao — Advocate, Supreme Court of India  
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Published: 2024-09-08

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Of wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement

**Wrongful restraint.**

1. (1) 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. (2) Whoever wrongfully restrains any person shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both.

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