Section 365: Aggravated trespass
Statutory text (Thai original)
ถ้าการกระทำความผิดตามมาตรา ๓๖๒ มาตรา ๓๖๓ หรือมาตรา ๓๖๔ ได้กระทำ (๑) โดยใช้กำลังประทุษร้าย หรือขู่เข็ญว่าจะใช้กำลังประทุษร้าย (๒) โดยมีอาวุธหรือโดยร่วมกระทำความผิดด้วยกันตั้งแต่สองคนขึ้นไป หรือ (๓) ในเวลากลางคืน ผู้กระทำต้องระวางโทษจำคุกไม่เกินห้าปี หรือปรับไม่เกินหนึ่งแสนบาท หรือทั้งจำทั้งปรับ หมายเหตุ: [อัตราโทษ แก้ไขเพิ่มเติมโดยมาตรา ๔ แห่งพระราชบัญญัติแก้ไขเพิ่มเติมประมวลกฎหมายอาญา (ฉบับที่ ๒๖) พ.ศ. ๒๕๖๐]
English translation
If the offence under Section 362, Section 363 or Section 364 is committed (1) by using force or threatening to use force; (2) by carrying a weapon or by two or more persons jointly committing the offence; (3) at night, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding five years or a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand baht, or both.
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Firm annotation
This is the aggravated form of trespass: it does not create a fresh offence but attaches a heavier penalty to the base trespass provisions (Sections 362, 363 and 364) whenever any of three circumstances is present, namely use or threat of force, carrying a weapon or acting with two or more persons, or commission at night. The circumstances are alternative, so proof of any one is enough to elevate the offence. In practice force applied in immediate and continuous connection with an ongoing trespass is treated as inseparable from it, so the whole conduct falls under Section 365(1) rather than being split into separate offences.
Why this matters in practice
Aggravated trespass carries up to five years' imprisonment, a real custodial exposure, and it commonly appears alongside charges such as assault, criminal damage or firearms offences arising from the same incident. Like all trespass in this Chapter it remains compoundable under Section 366, so settlement with the occupier can still end the trespass count even where other, non-compoundable charges continue. A frequent defence is to contest the aggravating factor itself, for example that no weapon was carried or that only one person entered, which if accepted drops the case back to the lighter base provision. Encroaching on another's possession of land can qualify even without physically standing on it.
Supreme Court decisions interpreting this section
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Supreme Court Judgment No. 3817/2568 (2025)
Intruding upon another's control over immovable property so as to disturb their peaceful possession amounts to trespass, and where committed jointly by two or more persons it is aggravated under Section 365(2) read with Section 362, even if the offenders did not physically enter the land.
The two defendants placed structures and a barbed-wire fence blocking access to the plaintiff's immovable property. The Court held this intruded on the plaintiff's possession and disturbed peaceful enjoyment, constituting joint aggravated trespass under Section 365(2) with Section 362.
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Supreme Court Judgment No. 2030/2568 (2025)
Where trespass into a dwelling is immediately and continuously followed by force while the trespass is still ongoing, the acts are inseparable and constitute aggravated trespass by force under Section 365(1).
The three defendants trespassed into another's dwelling and used force in an unbroken continuation of the trespass. The Court treated the conduct as one inseparable course of action amounting to aggravated trespass by force under Section 365(1).
Curated decisions with case numbers verified against the Supreme Court database. English renderings are the firm's editorial translation for study.
Cited in 563 Supreme Court decisions (1961 to 2025)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 3817/2568 (2025)
- Decision 8583/2568 (2025)
- Decision 1689/2566 (2023)
- Decision 1457/2563 (2020)
- Decision 7574/2559 (2016)
- Decision 15933/2557 (2014)
- Decision 14704/2557 (2014)
- Decision 10542/2556 (2013)
This list is selected automatically, weighted towards judgments that turn on this section rather than ones that merely recite it when passing sentence. It has not yet been reviewed by the firm.
Most often cited alongside
- Section 362 356
- Section 364 287
- Section 83 270
- Section 90 209
- Section 91 206
- Section 78 149
Sections that appear in the same judgments as this one most often. The figure is the number of decisions.
Counted across the firm's corpus of 83,652 Supreme Court decisions, 1921 to 2026. The count is complete; the stated year range trims rare outliers so it describes where the citations actually sit. These figures are computed by us and are not official court statistics. How we count these, and what we measured
Frequently asked questions
What makes trespass aggravated under Section 365?
Any of three circumstances: using or threatening force, carrying a weapon or acting with two or more people, or committing the trespass at night.
Is aggravated trespass still compoundable?
Yes. Section 366 makes all trespass offences in the Chapter, including the aggravated form in Section 365, compoundable, so settlement with the occupier can end the trespass charge.
Can I be guilty of trespass without physically entering the land?
Yes. The Supreme Court has held that intruding on another's possession of immovable property so as to disturb peaceful enjoyment can be trespass under Section 365 with Section 362, even without setting foot on it.
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Penal Code, s. 365 (Thailand) -
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