Criminal confinement
Sec. 3. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally:
(1) confines another person without the other person's consent;
or
(2) removes another person, by fraud, enticement, force, or
threat of force, from one (1) place to another;
commits criminal confinement. Except as provided in subsection (b),
the offense of criminal confinement is a Class D felony.
(b) The offense of criminal confinement defined in subsection (a)
is:
(1) a Class C felony if the person confined or removed is less
than fourteen (14) years of age and is not the confining or
removing person's child; and
(2) a Class B felony if it:
(A) is committed while armed with a deadly weapon;
(B) results in serious bodily injury to a person other than the
confining or removing person; or
(C) is committed on an aircraft.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.2. Amended by Acts 1977,
P.L.340, SEC.35; Acts 1979, P.L.299, SEC.1; P.L.183-1984, SEC.2;
P.L.278-1985, SEC.8; P.L.49-1989, SEC.21; P.L.59-2002, SEC.2.
Last modified: May 24, 2006