Punishment for criminal trespass
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Summary
Entering or remaining on someone else’s property without permission is criminal trespass. The offender can be punished with up to three months imprisonment, or a fine up to five hundred rupees, or both. It applies when a person unlawfully enters, occupies, or refuses to leave private property against the owner’s consent.
Example
Priya climbs into a neighbour’s locked storeroom to fetch her bicycle without consent and the neighbour calls the police. If charged and convicted for criminal trespass she faces up to three months imprisonment, or a fine up to five hundred rupees, or both.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhoever commits criminal trespass shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.
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