## IPC 457

### IPC 457 — Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
- https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/ipc/457

> 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

1. Subs. by Act 26 of 1955, s. 117 and the Sch., for "transportation for life" (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).
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fine; and, if the offence intended to be committed is theft, the term of the imprisonment may be extended
to fourteen years.