Indian Penal Code, 1860

Section - 457 - Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment

Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment.

457. Whoever commits lurking house-trespass by night, or house-breaking by night, in order to the committing of any offence punishable with imprisonment, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, and shall also be liable to fine ; and, if the offence intended to be committed is theft, the term of the imprisonment may be extended to fourteen years.

STATE AMENDMENTS

TAMIL NADU

■	-	Sub-section (2)
	-	Section 457 shall be renumbered as sub-section (1), of that section and after sub-section (1) as so renumbered, the following sub-section shall be added, namely :-

"(2) Whoever commits lurking house-trespass by night or house-breaking by night in any building used as a place of worship, in order to .... To read the full section download the app from Google Play store