IPC Section 447 — Punishment for criminal trespass

Summary

If a person commits criminal trespass, they can be punished with imprisonment for up to three months, or a fine of up to five hundred rupees, or both. The imprisonment can be of any type.

Official Text

Whoever commits criminal trespass shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.

Related Judgments

• SC (2025) Vol.1 p.1909 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
• CRL OP/287/2014 — Madras High Court (2014)
• UPREME COURT REPORTS SMT. NAGINDRA BALA MITRA AND ANOTHER v. SUNIL CHANDRA ROY AND ANOTHER — Supreme Court of India (1960)
• MIS. NANDRAM HUNATRAM, CALCUTTA v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR. M — Supreme Court of India (S)
• S.C.R. M.E. SHIVALINGAMURTHY v. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, BENGALURU — Supreme Court of India (2020)
• MATIULLAH SHEIKH v. THE STA TE OF WEST BENGAL — Supreme Court of India (1964)
• MAN SINGH v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND — Supreme Court of India (2013)
• S.C.R. 1 PUNI DEVI & ORS v. TULSI RAM — Supreme Court of India (2019)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §329 — Criminal trespass and house-trespass