False Imprisonment occurs when a person is denied their freedom of movement or personal liberty without any legal justification for such. For a person to be seen as falsely imprisoned before the law, the restraint on their freedom and liberty must be total.

From the ongoing, we see that unlawful bodily restraints or arrests by police can amount to false Imprisonment. It is called false imprisonment because it is not sanctioned by any lawful authority. A false imprisonment breaches the fundamental rights of persons guaranteed under the various enabling laws of the country.

Lord Edward, Coke CJ stated thus on the issue -

" Every restraint of the liberty of a free man is imprisonment although he be not within the walls of any common prison".
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