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Section 458 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
458. Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night after preparation for hurt, assault, or wrongful restraint
Whoever commits lurking house-trespass by night, or house-breaking by night, having made preparation for causing hurt to any person or for assaulting any person, or for wrongfully restraining any person, or for putting any person in fear of hurt, or of assault, or of wrongful restraint, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to fourteen years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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- Section 304B: Dowry death
- Section 186: Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions
- Section 222: Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend person under sentence or lawfully committed
- Section 321: Voluntarily causing hurt
- Section 489A: Counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes
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