Section 126 in THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 – BNS

Of wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement

Wrongful
restraint.

126. (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.