## IPC 339

### IPC 339 — Wrongful restraint
- https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/ipc/339

> 339. Wrongful restraint.-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.

1. Ins. by Act 8 of 1882, s. 8.
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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.