Indian Penal Code
IPC 346 is now BNS 127(6).
Wrongful confinement in secret · BNS 127 brings it together with IPC 340, 342, 343, 344, 345, 347 and 348.
Merged
Old wording kept in full
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XVI
s. 346
Wrongful confinement in secret
Whoever wrongfully confines any person in such manner as to indicate an intention that the confinement of such person may not be known to any person interested in the person so confined, or to any public servant, or that the place of such confinement may not be known to or discovered by any such person or public servant as hereinbefore mentioned, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years in addition to any other punishment to which he may be liable for such wrongful confinement.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. VI
s. 127(6)of section 127
Wrongful confinement.
(6) Whoever wrongfully confines any person in such manner as to indicate an intention that the confinement of such person may not be known to any person interested in the person so confined, or to any public servant, or that the place of such confinement may not be known to or discovered by any such person or public servant as hereinbefore mentioned, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years in addition to any other punishment to which he may be liable for such wrongful confinement and shall also be liable to fine..
Text from India Code