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Section 127 of BNS : Section 127: Wrongful confinement.

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

CHAPTER VI: OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY

Of wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement

Section 127: Wrongful confinement.

Explanation using examples

Example 1:

Ravi, a landlord, locks his tenant, Suresh, inside the apartment because Suresh has not paid the rent for two months. Ravi tells Suresh that he will not let him out until the rent is paid. Suresh is unable to leave the apartment and is confined within the fo