Whoever commits house-breaking after sunset and before sunrise, is said to commit “house-breaking by night”.
CHAPTER XVII OF OFFENCES AGAINST PROPERTY · Of criminal trespass
Section 446: House-breaking 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The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)
Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.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
| 446. House-breaking by night. | Not carried into the new law |