## IPC 454

### IPC 454 — Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
- https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/ipc/454

> 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.