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title: "BNS Section 331 in IPC | Vakilat"
description: "BNS Section 331 brings together IPC Sections 453, 456, 454, 457, 455, 458, 459 and 460. Official headings and which code applies."
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# BNS Section 331 in the IPC

Section 331 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Punishment for house-trespass or house-breaking, brings together IPC Sections 453, 456, 454, 457, 455, 458, 459 and 460.

## BNS 331 and the IPC

BNS IPC IPC heading 331(1) [453](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/453) Punishment for lurking house-trespass or house-breaking. 331(2) [456](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/456) Punishment for lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night. 331(3) [454](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/454) Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment. 331(4) [457](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/457) Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment. 331(5) [455](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/455) Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint. 331(6) [458](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/458) Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night after preparation for hurt, assault, or wrongful restraint. 331(7) [459](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/459) Grievous hurt caused whilst committing lurking house-trespass or house-breaking. 331(8) [460](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/460) All persons jointly concerned in lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night punishable where death or grievous hurt caused by one of them.

## Which code applies

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024. An offence committed before that date is still punished under the Indian Penal Code, because the BNS keeps the repealed Code's penalties and proceedings alive.

> “Notwithstanding the repeal of the Code referred to in sub-section (1), it shall not affect,— … (c) any penalty, or punishment incurred in respect of any offences committed against the Code so repealed;”

> BNS section 358(2)

Which code governs your matter can turn on the date of the offence and the stage the case had reached on 1 July 2024. Read the official text before you rely on any table.

## Sources

Section numbers follow the [correspondence table](https://www.keralaprisons.gov.in/userfiles/act-and-rules/comparison_summary_BNS_to_IPC.pdf) prepared by the Central Academy for Police Training, Bhopal, of the Bureau of Police Research and Development. Headings are taken from the [Indian Penal Code, 1860](https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/15289/1/ipc_act.pdf) and the [Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023](https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/2024-04/250883_english_01042024.pdf) as published, and from the table. The official text governs: read the section itself before you rely on it.

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