Whoever commits lurking house-trespass by night or house-breaking by night, in order to commit any offence punishable with imprisonment, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 5 years, and shall also be liable to fine; and if the offence intended to be committed is theft, the term of the imprisonment shall be not less than 2 years and not more than 14 years.
Section history
Section 457
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
Section 457 — Original text to 1 January 2020superseded
[Indian PC 1860, s. 457]
Section 457 — From 1 January 2020 (current)repealed by Criminal Law Reform Act 2019
[Repealed by Act 15 of 2019 wef 01/01/2020]