Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Chapter XVII: Of Offences against Property · Of criminal trespass
Section 454: Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 from 1 July 2024. It still applies to offences and proceedings from before that date.
Whoever commits lurking house-trespass or house-breaking, 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 three 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 ten years.
Corresponding sections were matched by comparing the wording of both official texts, and for the IPC and BNS, also against a published correspondence table. Wording, punishments and structure often changed, so read both sections before relying on the match.
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 454
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Rinku Baheti v. Sandesh Sharda
Issue arose whether the petitioner-wife is entitled to the transfer of the divorce petition; and whether this Court, upon the application filed by the respondent-husband, can exercise its powers u/Art. 142(1) of the…
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Vishnu Kumar Shukla & Anr. v. The State of Uttar
Whether the order passed by the High Court refusing to discharge the accused in a criminal case and quashi ng an FIR calls for interference.
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Harvinder Singh @ Bachhu v. The State of Himachal Pradesh
Whether the High Court was justified in setting aside the order of acquittal and convicting the appellant for murder and attempt to rape relying on the testimony of the prosecution witnes s despite contradictions, only…
- Rajesh @ Sarkari & Anr v. State of Haryana
- State of Assam v. Ramen Dowarah
- Neeru Yadav v. State of U.P and Another
- Jalpat Rai & Ors. v. State of Haryana
- Arun v. State of Maharashtra