LEGAL PRINCIPLE: If a person without any authority prevents a person to proceed to any direction and is kept confined, he commits an offence of criminal confinement.
FACTUAL SITUATION: The Municipal Board allowed X to hold a marriage party blocking a part of a public road. The marriage party blocked most of the roads and did not allow A, a passerby, to cross the road. He brings a charge of criminal confinement against the head of the marriage party and other associates. Can A succeed?

A cannot succeed because X has got previous permission from the Municipal Board and has blocked part of the public road

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A can succeed because he has authority to walk on public road

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A cannot succeed because he must have to wait upto end of marriage party

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A shall succeed because no one is allowed to use public property for the personal benefits

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Solution

The correct option is A A cannot succeed because X has got previous permission from the Municipal Board and has blocked part of the public road
The principle clearly states that an act will amount to criminal confinement if the act of preventing a person to proceed to any direction is done without any authority.
Since, X has taken the consent of Municipal Board to block a part of Public road. Therefore X is not guilty of Criminal Confinement.
A is the correct option.

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