'Wrongful confinement' under Section 340 IPC is wrongful restraint:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B.
1. Section 340 IPC: 'Whoever wrongfully restrains any person in such a manner as to prevent that person from proceeding beyond certain circumscribing limits, is said wrongfully to confine that person.'
2. The key element distinguishing wrongful confinement from wrongful restraint is the existence of CIRCUMSCRIBING LIMITS — a room, a building, a vehicle, etc.
3. Sections 343-348 graduate the punishment by the duration of confinement (3 days, 10 days, etc.) and the purpose (extortion, secret confinement, etc.).
4. The deprivation of liberty must be COMPLETE — partial freedom of movement excludes Section 340.
5. Hence option C is correct.
_Source: Indian Penal Code 1860 / Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 / Indian Evidence Act 1872 (Bare Acts, indiacode.nic.in) — IPC, Section 340; Sections 341-348 (punishments graded by duration)_
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