Section 459Grievous hurt caused whilst committing lurking house-trespass or house-breaking

s. 459

459. Grievous hurt caused whilst committing lurking house-trespass or house-breaking Whoever, whilst committing lurking house-trespass or house-breaking, causes grievous hurt to any person or attempts to cause death of grievous hurt to any person, shall be punished with [imprisonment] for life, or imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

1. 142. The word “imprisonment” was substituted, for the word “transportation” by section 21of the Penal Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 1985 (Ordinance No. XLI of 1985).