Indian Penal Code, 1860

House trespass.—

Section

442

Punishment

Definition / General Principle / Repealed

Cognizable

N/A

Bailable

N/A

Compoundable

Non-Compoundable (Refer to CrPC 320 for exceptions)

Trial Court

N/A

Bare Act Text

442. House trespass.— Whoever commits criminal trespass by entering into or remaining in any building, tent or vessel used as a human dwelling or any building used as a place for worship, or as a place for the custody of property, is said to commit “house-trespass”.Explanation.—The introduction of any part of the criminal trespasser’s body is entering sufficient to constitute house-trespass.
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