Whoever commits lurking house-trespass, or house-breaking, having made preparation for causing hurt to any person, or for assaulting any person, or for wrongfully restraining any person, or for putting any person in fear of hurt or of assault or of wrongful restraint, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description or a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
CHAPTER XVII OF OFFENCES AGAINST PROPERTY · Of criminal trespass
Section 455: Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)
Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.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 455 | BNS 331(5) |
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