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 subsection
(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.