IPC Section 445 — House-breaking

criminal trespass

Criminal

Summary

A person commits house-breaking when they enter a house or any part of it by using one of six specific methods described in the law. This type of entry is considered a form of house-trespass. The six methods are listed separately in the law.

Official Text

A person is said to commit “house-breaking” who commits house-trespass if he effects his entrance into the house or any part of it in any of the six ways hereinafter described;

Old <-> New Code Mapping

  • BNS §330 — House-trespass and house-breaking