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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, A finds the key that Z lost, opens Z's house door with it, and…

Section 330(2)(c) of the BNS treats opening a lock as one way in which house-trespass becomes house-breaking. Its lost-key illustration expressly says A commits…

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, A finds the key that Z lost, opens Z's house door with it, and enters in circumstances amounting to house-trespass under section 329. Which aggravated form of trespass is committed by that method of entry?

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Section 330(2)(c) of the BNS treats opening a lock as one way in which house-trespass becomes house-breaking. Its lost-key illustration expressly says A commits house-trespass before calling it house-breaking. Thus the house-breaking answer presupposes the entry also has the criminal-trespass intent required by section 329; using another's lost key alone does not establish that intent.

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