Chapter XVII — Of Offences Against Property
Section 442 — House-trespass
Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Free to read
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.