Penal Code · s 346

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s 346W r o n w e n t in secret

Whoever wrongfully confines any person in such manner as to indicate an intention that -

(a)

the confinement of such person may not be known to any person interested in the person so confined or to any public servant;

(b)

the place of such confinement may not be known to or discovered by any such person or public servant as hereinbefore mentioned, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years in addition to any other punishment to which he may be liable for such wrongful confinement.