Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Section 343

IPC 343 in BNS: Section 127(3)

Section 343 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 corresponds to Section 127(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. IPC 343 deals with wrongful confinement for three or more days. BNS 127 brings it together with IPC 340, 342, 344, 345, 346, 347 and 348. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the IPC.

Indian Penal Code

IPC 343 is now BNS 127(3).

Wrongful confinement for three or more days · BNS 127 brings it together with IPC 340, 342, 344, 345, 346, 347 and 348.

Merged
94% of the old wording kept
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XVI
s. 343
Wrongful confinement for three or more days
Whoever wrongfully confines any person for three days, or more, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. VI
s. 127(3)of section 127
Wrongful confinement.
(3) Whoever wrongfully confines any person for three days, or more, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with both..
Text from India Code
Also in BNS 127

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