Chapter 16 — Offences Affecting The Human Body
Section 345: Wrongful confinement of person for whose liberation writ has been issued
Whoever keeps any person in wrongful confinement, knowing that a writ for the liberation of that person has been duly issued, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years in addition to any term of imprisonment to which he may be liable under any other section of this Chapter.
About The Indian Penal Code, 1860
An Act to provide a general Penal Code for India.