A places men with firearms at the outlets of a building and tells Z that they will fire at Z if Z…

The armed blockade and threat prevent Z from leaving the building in any direction, satisfying wrongful confinement under section 127(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 340 IPC). The threat to shoot Z if he leaves also threatens injury to his person to make him omit to do what he is legally entitled to do, satisfying criminal intimidation under section 351 (formerly section 503 IPC). The combined option identifying confinement and intimidation therefore captures both established offences. Wrongful confinement is the aggravated form of restraint within circumscribing limits; ordinary wrongful confinement is punishable under section 127(2) with imprisonment up to one year, or fine up to Rs 5,000, or both.