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Section 451 — House-breaking in order to commit an offence punishable with imprisonment

Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.

Amendments
451.House-trespassHouse-breaking in order to commit an offence punishable with imprisonment

Whoever commits house-trespasshouse-breaking in order to commit any offence punishable with imprisonment, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 210 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 7 years.

[Indian PC 1860, s. 451]