months, or with
fine, or with both.
341. Punishment for wrongful restraint.--Whoever wrongfully
restrains any person shall be punished with simple
imprisonment ... Section 341 IPC provides punishment for wrongful restraint
and "wrongful restraint" has been defined under Section 339 of IPC,
which read as under
attempts to cause
to any person death or hurt or wrongful restraint, or fear of
instant death or of instant hurt, or of instant wrongful ... fear of instant death, of instant hurt, or of instant
wrongful restraint to that person or to some other person, and, by
so putting
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necessary to go through
the definition of wrongful restraint provided under section 339 of IPC as un-
der:
Section- 339. Wrongful restraint.--Whoever voluntarily obstructs ... desired direction in which
he had right to proceed amounts to wrongful restraint.
15. In this case, the testimony of PW1 Rahul has proved that
causes or attempts to cause to any person
death or hurt wrongful restraint, or fear of instant
death or of instant hurt, or of instant ... wrongful
restraint.
When extortion is robbery.- Extortion is "robbery" if
the offender at the time of committing the extortion,
is in the presence
person is
said to cause hurt.
s. 341. Punishment for wrongful restraint.--Whoever wrongfully restrains any
person shall be punished with simple imprisonment ... fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.
Wrongful restraint has been defined u/s 339 IPC as follows:
s. 339. Wrongful
made out.
Section 341 of the IPC talks about punishment for
wrongful restraint. Section 341 reads thus:
"341. Punishment for wrongful restraint -
Whoever wrongfully ... fails to disclose the necessary
ingredients to constitute the offence of wrongful
restraint. In order to attract application of Section 341
which provides for punishment
attempts
to cause to any person death or
hurt or wrongful restraint, or fear
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of instant death or of instant
hurt, or of instant wrongful
restraint. Before theft can amount
to 'robbery', the offender must
have
causing or attempting to cause in that process
death/hurt/wrongful restraint or fear thereof. For ease of reference
Section 390 IPC is extracted hereunder ... attempts
to cause to any person death or hurt or wrongful restraint, or
fear of instant death or of instant hurt, or of instant wrongful
wrongfully
restraining any person, or for putting any person in fear of hurt,
or of assault, or of wrongful restraint, shall be punished with
imprisonment ... offences of causing
hurt / assaulting / wrongfully restraining any person or putting in
fear any person of hurt / assault / wrongful restraint.
17.1 The legislative intent
