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Section 443 IPC — Lurking house-trespass

Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Official PDF page 176

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443. Lurking house-trespass.--Whoever commits house-trespass having taken precautions to conceal such house-trespass from some person who has a right to exclude or eject the trespasser from the building, tent or vessel which is the subject of the trespass, is said to commit "lurking house-trespass".

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