Of Offencesagainst Property

IPC Section 444 - Lurking house-trespass by night

Section number444
Chapter17 - Of Offencesagainst Property
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Simple language explanation

IPC Section 444 deals with lurking house-trespass by night.

Full official legal text

444. Lurking house-trespass by night. Whoever commits lurking house -trespass after sunset and

before sunrise, is said to commit "lurking house-trespass by night".

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