● Retained in BNS
Confining someone specifically to extort a confession, information about an offence, or the restoration of property carries up to 3 years' imprisonment plus fine under BNS Section 127(8) -- unchanged from IPC 348 in every respect, including the punishment itself.
Section 348 IPC punished wrongfully confining a person for the purpose of extorting a confession or information that might lead to detection of an offence or misconduct, or for the purpose of constraining the person confined (or someone interested in them) to restore property or valuable security, satisfy a claim or demand, or give information leading to such restoration. It carried imprisonment of either description up to 3 years, and fine.
BNS Section 127(8) reproduces the offence verbatim, word for word, with no substantive change of any kind, including the identical 3-year imprisonment-plus-fine punishment.
Nothing changed. A pure renumbering (348 to 127(8)) with textually and punishment-wise identical wording.
Imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to 3 years, and fine..
IPC 348 is bailable..
This is a cognizable. offence.
Non-compoundable..
Matters under IPC 348 are tried before the Any Magistrate..
Common defences include that the confinement was not wrongful (e.g. lawful arrest or detention), or that the purpose was not to extort a confession, information, or restoration of property as the section requires.
Summaries are for general information and are not legal advice. For the authoritative bare-act text, see the official Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Indian Penal Code, 1860 (full amended text, as it stood before repeal) on India Code, or the Ministry of Home Affairs' new criminal laws page. ← All comparisons