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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 defines lurking house-trespass?

Section 330(1) defines lurking house-trespass as house-trespass accompanied by precautions to conceal it from someone entitled to exclude or eject the trespasser from the…

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 defines lurking house-trespass?

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Section 330(1) defines lurking house-trespass as house-trespass accompanied by precautions to conceal it from someone entitled to exclude or eject the trespasser from the place.

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Option A

Section 329(2) defines house-trespass generally.

Option B

Section 331(2) prescribes punishment for lurking house-trespass or house-breaking committed after sunset and before sunrise.

Option C

Section 330(2) defines house-breaking.

Option D

Section 330(1) defines lurking house-trespass by the precautions taken to conceal the trespass from a person entitled to exclude or eject the trespasser.

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