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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 445

HOUSE-BREAKING A person is said to commit "house-breaking" who commits house-trespass if he effects his entrance into

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The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 445 is part of The Indian Penal Code 1860 - HOUSE-BREAKING A person is said to commit "house-breaking" who commits house-trespass if he effects his entrance into. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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a) A commits house-trespass by makinghole through the wall of Z's house, and putting his hand through the aperture.This is house-breaking.

(b) A commits house-trespass by creeping into a ship at a port-hole between decks. This is house-breaking.

(c) A commits house-trespass by entering Z's house through a window.This is house-breaking.

(d) A commits house-trespass by entering Z's house through the door, having opened a door which was fastened.This is house-breaking.

(e) A commits house-trespass by entering Z's house through the door, having lifted a latch by putting a wire though a hole in the door.This is house-breaking.

(f) A finds the key of Z's house door, which Z had lost, and commits house-trespass by entering Z's house, having open the door with that key.This is house-breaking.

(g) Z is standing in his doorway.A forces a passage by knocking Z down, and commits house-trespass by entering the house.This is house-breaking.

(h) Z, the door-keeper of Y, is standing in Y's door way. A commits house-trespass by entering the house, having deterred Z from opposing him by threatening to beat him.This is house-breaking.

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Section Section 445 of the The Indian Penal Code 1860 (HOUSE-BREAKING A person is said to commit "house-breaking" who commits house-trespass if he effects his entrance into) is reproduced on this page as part of the The Indian Penal Code 1860. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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