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Section 442 Indian Penal Code (IPC) 1860

Section 442 Indian Penal Code

Section 442 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 is about House-trespass. It is under ‘Of Criminal Trespass’ of CHAPTER XVII (OF OFFENCES AGAINST PROPERTY) of the Code.

House-trespass

Whoever commits criminal trespass by entering into or remaining in any building, tent or vessel used as a human dwelling or any building used as a place for worship, or as a place for the custody of property, is said to commit “house-trespass”.


Explanation.—The introduction of any part of the criminal trespasser’s body is entering sufficient to constitute house-trespass.

See also  Section 385 Indian Penal Code (IPC) 1860

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