Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Section 444

IPC 444 in BNS: no corresponding section

Section 444 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 was not carried into the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023: no BNS section corresponds to it. IPC 444 deals with lurking house-trespass by night. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the IPC. Its full text is set out below.

Indian Penal Code

IPC 444 has no counterpart in the BNS.

Lurking house-trespass by night · It was not carried into the 2023 code.

Dropped
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XVII
s. 444
Lurking house-trespass by night
Whoever commits lurking house-trespass after sunset and before sunrise, is said to commit “lurking house-trespass by night”.
Text from the official India Code PDF
IPC 443 · Lurking house-trespassIPC 445 · House-breaking

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