Whoever commits lurking house-trespass after sunset and before sunrise, is said to commit “lurking house-trespass by night”.
CHAPTER XVII OF OFFENCES AGAINST PROPERTY · Of criminal trespass
Section 444: Lurking house-trespass by night
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)
Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.
Now in the BNS
As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table
| 444. Lurking house-trespass by night. | Not carried into the new law |