Section 339
Wrongful restraint
of Penal Code
ActIn forceProvision 153 of 195
Section 339
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 to "wrongfully 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.
146 CAP. 22
Penal Code lllrisfraf ion
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.