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IPC Section 344 - Wrongful con finement for ten or more days
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IPC Section 344 deals with wrongful con finement for ten or more days.
Full official legal text
344. Wrongful con finement for ten or more days. Whoever wrongfully confines any person for
ten days, or more, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend
to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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