Offences Against the Human Body
(1) Restraining someone so as to prevent them going beyond certain limits is "wrongful confinement". (2)-(8) Base punishment is up to 1 year plus fine, rising to up to 3 years for 3+ days' confinement, up to 5 years plus mandatory ₹10,000+ fine for 10+ days, plus additional enhancements for confining someone despite a known release writ, confining someone to hide the confinement itself from authorities/family, or confining someone to extort property/confessions/information.
This is the broader companion to wrongful restraint - actually confining someone within defined limits (not just blocking their path) - with punishment scaling up dramatically based on the duration of confinement and specific aggravating purposes like extortion or evading legal accountability.
This is directly relevant to certain severe scam and extortion scenarios where victims are physically confined (for example, at a fraudulent job-training facility or a loan-shark's premises) specifically to extort money or compliance from them - the confinement itself is a separate, serious offence beyond whatever fraud or extortion accompanies it.