Multiple choice

Principle: Whoever wrongfully restrains any person in such a manner as to prevent that person from proceeding beyond certain circumscribing limits, is said "to wrongfully confine" that person.

Which of the following is a case of “wrongful confinement”.

  1. A constructs a makeshift roof in the common porch mutually shared by apartments of a group housing scheme in violation of apartment laws and thus, causing inconvenience as regards movement of the apartments’ residents.

  2. A locks her daughter Z in her room for fear she might flee with her lover.

  3. A, who has climbed atop his neighbour B’s roof, finds the ladder removed by B. A then happens to slide his way down using the sewage pipe.

  4. A blocks the road in front of his house to organise a party and happens to block the road for the residents living in homes along the street.
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Explanation

Option 1: No, this is an example of wrongful restraint, not of wrongful confinement. The residents still take the same route, but are inconvenienced. Option 2: Yes, since Z cannot get out of the limits of her room, A wrongfully confines her.  Option 3: B, having removed the ladder, wrongfully restrains A, as he now needs to find another way to climb down. Option 4: No, this again is an example of wrongful restraint.

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