Indian Penal Code, 1860
339. Wrongful restraint
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.