Section 302: Prohibition of unauthorized entry into other’s residence

1) No person, except the competent authority or with the order of such authority under law, shall authoritatively enter into another person’s house, breach the privacy of the house owner or his or her family or search, or cause to be searched, such house, without the consent of the concerned house owner.

Explanation: For the purposes of this Section, the term “house” means a house, residence, housing, room where a person is dwelling, and this term also includes a hotel room, camp and tent where such person is staying to spend a night.

2) A person who commits the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or a fine not exceeding thirty thousand rupees or both the sentences.