Indian Penal Code
IPC 345 is now BNS 127(5).
Wrongful confinement of person for whose liberation writ has been issued · BNS 127 brings it together with IPC 340, 342, 343, 344, 346, 347 and 348.
Merged
Old wording kept in full
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XVI
s. 345
Wrongful confinement of person for whose liberation 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.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. VI
s. 127(5)of section 127
Wrongful confinement.
(5) 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 and shall also be liable to fine..
Text from India Code