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Penal Code · s 345

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s 345Wrongful 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 for a term not exceeding 5 years in addition to any term

of imprisonment to which he may be liable under any other section of this

Chapter.