CHAPTER XVII OF OFFENCES AGAINST PROPERTY · Of criminal trespass

Section 449: House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with death

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

Whoever commits house-trespass in order to the committing of any offence punishable with death, shall be punished with ¹[imprisonment for life], or with rigorous imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Footnotes in the official text

1.Subs. by Act 26 of 1955, s. 117 and the Sch., for “transportation for life” (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).

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

449. House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with death.

BNS 332 (a)

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