Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Section 446

IPC 446 in BNS: no corresponding section

Section 446 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 was not carried into the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023: no BNS section corresponds to it. IPC 446 deals with house-breaking 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 446 has no counterpart in the BNS.

House-breaking by night · It was not carried into the 2023 code.

Dropped
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XVII
s. 446
House-breaking by night
Whoever commits house-breaking after sunset and before sunrise, is said to commit “house-breaking by night”.
Text from the official India Code PDF
IPC 445 · House-breakingIPC 447 · Punishment for criminal trespass

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