BNS126
BNS Section 126: Wrongful restraint
Ch VI · Of Offences Affecting the Human Body
Gazette p.54
Punishment
- (2) punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both
Depends on which sub-section applies. Copied verbatim from the text below.
Arrest, bail & court
- (2) Cognizable · Bailable · Any Magistrate
From the BNSS, 2023, First Schedule (machine-extracted; check the Schedule for anything consequential).
Verbatim · BNS126. Wrongful restraint.—(1) Whoever voluntarily obstructs any person so as to prevent that person from proceeding in any direction in which that person has a right to proceed, is said wrongfully to restrain that person.Exception. — The obstruction of a private way over land or water which a person in good faith believes himself to have a lawful right to obstruct, is not an offence within the meaning of this section.Illustration. A obstructs a path along which Z has a right to pass, A not believing in good faith that he has a right to stop the path. Z is thereby prevented from passing. A wrongfully restrains Z.(2) Whoever wrongfully restrains any person shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both.
Corresponds (indicatively) to IPC 339, 341 of the repealed Indian Penal Code, 1860. IPC → BNS table
Cite as: Section 126, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)