Indian Penal Code
IPC 457 is now BNS 331(4).
Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment · BNS 331 brings it together with IPC 453, 454, 455, 456, 458, 459 and 460.
Merged
94% of the old wording kept
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XVII
s. 457
Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
Whoever commits lurking house-trespass by night, or house-breaking by night, 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 five 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 fourteen years.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. XVII
s. 331(4)of section 331
Punishment for house-trespass or house-breaking.
(4) Whoever commits lurking house-trespass or house-breaking after sunset and before sunrise, 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 five 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 fourteen years.
Text from India Code