Pakistan Penal Code, 1860
Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 — Section 457: Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
457. Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment. Whoever commits lurking house-trespass by night, or house breaking by night, in order to the committing of any offence punishable with imprisonment, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, and shall also be liable to fine ; and, if the offence intended to be committed is theft, the term of the imprisonment may be extended to fourteen years.
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