IPC Section 342 is now BNS Section 127(2)

IPC 342 (Punishment for wrongful confinement) → BNS 127(2) Wrongful confinement

Verbatim · BNS 127(2)(2) Whoever wrongfully confines any person shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both.

Read the full BNS Section 127 →

Offences committed before 1 July 2024 are still charged and tried under the IPC; the BNS applies to offences on or after that date.

Old-to-new correspondence is indicative and not always one-to-one; read the new text itself.