Whoever commits house-trespass 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 two 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 seven years.
CHAPTER XVII OF OFFENCES AGAINST PROPERTY · Of criminal trespass
Section 451: House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)
Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.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 official comparison tables of the Bureau of Police Research and Development and the Allahabad High Court (the NCRB table has no row for it). Read both texts before relying on it.
| IPC 451 | BNS 332(c) |
Questions on this section
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1. Under the proviso to Section 332(c) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, where house-trespass is committed in order to commit an offence punishable with imprisonment and the offence intended is theft, the imprisonment may extend to