Indian Penal Code
IPC 454 is now BNS 331(3).
Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment · BNS 331 brings it together with IPC 453, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459 and 460.
Merged
Old wording kept in full
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XVII
s. 454
Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
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.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. XVII
s. 331(3)of section 331
Punishment for house-trespass or house-breaking.
(3) 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.
Text from India Code