The tort of 'false imprisonment' consists in:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D.
1. The ICSI text says: '**False imprisonment consists in the imposition of a total restraint for some period, however short, upon the liberty of another, without sufficient lawful justification.**'
2. The restraint may be effected by **confinement within four walls** OR by **preventing a person from leaving the place where he is** — for instance, restraining a man by threat of force from leaving his own house or an open field is false imprisonment.
3. So option C is wrong because the restraint need not be in a building.
4. Option A is the tort of **malicious prosecution** (instigating judicial proceedings) and option D is also part of that tort. False imprisonment is a separate concept.
_Source: ICSI CS Executive — Lesson 6, '(d) False Imprisonment', p. 147._
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