BNS Section 127: Wrongful confinement

IPC Sections 340, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347 and 348 are covered by BNS Section 127.

8 entries in the correspondence table: 8 changed.

1. BNS 127(1)IPC: 340Changed

   Wrongful confinement.

   IPC section is included as a subsection in BNS.

2. BNS 127(2)IPC: 342Changed

   Punishment for Wrongful confinement.

   IPC section is included as a sub-section in BNS sans heading. Fine is increased from one thousand to five thousand rupees.

3. BNS 127(3)IPC: 343Changed

   Wrongful confinement for three or more days.

   The IPC section is included as a sub-section in the BNS sans heading. Imprisonment is increased from two years to three years, and the fine is extended up to ten thousand rupees.

4. BNS 127(4)IPC: 344Changed

   Wrongful confinement for ten or more days.

   The IPC section is included as a sub-section in the BNS sans heading. Imprisonment is increased from three to five years, and a minimum fine of ten thousand rupees is stipulated.

5. BNS 127(5)IPC: 345Changed

   Wrongful confinement of person for whose liberation writ has been issued.

   IPC section is included as a sub-section in BNS sans heading. Fine is added.

6. BNS 127(6)IPC: 346Changed

   Wrongful confinement in secret.

   IPC section is included as a sub-section in BNS sans heading. Imprisonment is increased from two to three years and fine is added

7. BNS 127(7)IPC: 347Changed

   Wrongful confinement to extort property, or constrain to illegal act.

   No Change except that IPC section is included as a sub-section in BNS.

8. BNS 127(8)IPC: 348Changed

   Wrongful confinement to extort confession, or compel restoration of property.

   IPC section is included as a sub-section in BNS sans heading. No other change.

Source: Correspondence Table and Comparison Summary of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) to the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC), Central Academy for Police Training (CAPT), Bhopal — prepared by Anil Kishore Yadav, IPS, Director (PDF hosted on keralaprisons.gov.in). Check the bare act before relying on a section in court.