Of Offencesaffectingthe Human Body
IPC Section 345 - Wrongful confinement of person for whose li beration writ has been issued
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 345 deals with wrongful confinement of person for whose li beration writ has been issued.
Full official legal text
345. Wrongful confinement of person for whose li beration writ has been issued. Whoever
keeps any person in wrongful confinement, knowing that a writ for the liberation of that person has been
duly issued, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
two years in addition to any term of imprisonment to which he may be liable under any other section of
this Chapter.
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