IPC Section 448
House-trespass
BNS Section 330— House-trespass and house-breaking
Effective for any FIR, charge sheet, or filing on or after 1 July 2024. Matters that arose before that date continue under the IPC.
This section defines lurking house-trespass and house-breaking as aggravated forms of house-trespass. Lurking house-trespass involves taking precautions to conceal the trespass from a person entitled to exclude the trespasser. House-breaking is committed when entry into or exit from the house is effected by one of six specified means, including making a passage, scaling, opening a lock, using force, or passing through a fastened passage.
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