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IPC Section 348 - Wrongful confinement to extort confessio n, or c ompel restoration of property
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 348 deals with wrongful confinement to extort confessio n, or c ompel restoration of property.
Full official legal text
348. Wrongful confinement to extort confessio n, or c ompel restoration of property. Whoever
wrongfully confines any person for the purpose of extorting from the person confined or any person
interested in the person confined any confession or any information which may lead to the detection of an
offence or misconduct, or for the purpose of constraining the person confined or any person interested in
the person confined to restore or to cause the restoration of any property or valuable security or to satisfy
any claim or demand, or to give information which may lead to the restoration of any property or valuable
security, 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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