● Retained in BNS
House-trespass committed after preparing to hurt, assault or wrongfully restrain someone carries up to 7 years' imprisonment and fine under BNS Section 333, unchanged from IPC 452.
Section 452 IPC punished house-trespass committed after making preparation for causing hurt, assault, wrongful restraint, or putting any person in fear of any of these, with imprisonment of either description up to 7 years, and fine.
BNS Section 333 reproduces the offence verbatim, word for word -- no substantive change.
Unchanged in substance. Pure renumbering from IPC 452 to BNS 333.
Imprisonment of either description up to 7 years, and fine..
IPC 452 is non-bailable..
This is a cognizable. offence.
Non-compoundable..
Matters under IPC 452 are tried before the Any Magistrate..
Common defences include the absence of any prior preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint (which would reduce the offence to simple house-trespass), and a bona fide claim of right to enter the property.
Summaries are for general information and are not legal advice. For the authoritative bare-act text, see the official Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Indian Penal Code, 1860 (full amended text, as it stood before repeal) on India Code, or the Ministry of Home Affairs' new criminal laws page. ← All comparisons