Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 44 : Right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to innocent person : (See section 106 of IPC 1860) If in the exercise of the right of private defence against an assault which reasonably…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 43 : Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of property : (See section 105 of IPC 1860) The right of private defence of property,–– (a) commences when a reasonable apprehension of danger to the property commences; (b) against…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 42 : When such right extends to causing any harm other than death : (See section 104 of IPC 1860) If the offence, the committing of which, or the attempting to commit which occasions the exercise of the right of…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 41 : When right of private defence of property extends to causing death : (See section 103 of IPC 1860) The right of private defence of property extends, under the restrictions specified in section 37, to the voluntary causing of…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 40 : Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of the body : (See section 102 of IPC 1860) The right of private defence of the body commences as soon as a reasonable apprehension of danger to the body…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 39 : When such right extends to causing any harm other than death : (See section 101 of IPC 1860) If the offence be not of any of the descriptions specified in section 38, the right of private defence of…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 38 : When the right of private defence of body extends to causing death : (See section 100 of IPC 1860) The right of private defence of the body extends, under the restrictions specified in section 37, to the voluntary…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 37 : Acts against which there is no right of private defence : (See section 99 of IPC 1860) (1) There is no right of private defence,–– (a) against an act which does not reasonably cause the apprehension of death…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 36 : Right of private defence against act of a person with unsound mind, etc : (See section 98 of IPC 1860) When an act, which would otherwise be a certain offence, is not that offence, by reason of the…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 35 : Right of private defence of body and of property : (See section 97 of IPC 1860) Every person has a right, subject to the restrictions contained in section 37, to defend— (a) his own body, and the body…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Of the right of private defence : Section 34 : Things done in private defence : (See section 96 of IPC 1860) Nothing is an offence which is done in the exercise of the right of private defence. Indian Penal Code…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 33 : Act causing slight harm : (See section 95 of IPC 1860) Nothing is an offence by reason that it causes, or that it is intended to cause, or that it is known to be likely to cause, any…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 32 : Act to which a person compelled by threats : (See section 94 of IPC 1860) Except murder, and offences against the State punishable with death, nothing is an offence which is done by a person who is compelled…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 31 : Communication made in good faith : (See section 93 of IPC 1860) No communication made in good faith is an offence by reason of any harm to the person to whom it is made, if it is made…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 30 : Act done in good faith for benefit of a person without consent : (See section 92 of IPC 1860) Nothing is an offence by reason of any harm which it may cause to a person for whose benefit…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 29 : Exclusion of acts which are offences independently of harm caused : (See section 91 of IPC 1860) The exceptions in sections 25, 26 and 27 do not extend to acts which are offences independently of any harm which…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 28 : Consent known to be given under fear or misconception : (See section 90 of IPC 1860) A consent is not such a consent as is intended by any section of this Sanhita,–– (a) if the consent is given…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 27 : Act done in good faith for benefit of child or person of unsound mind, by or by consent of guardian : (See section 89 of IPC 1860) Nothing which is done in good faith for the benefit of…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 26 : Act not intended to cause death, done by consent in good faith for person's benefit : (See section 88 of IPC 1860) Nothing, which is not intended to cause death, is an offence by reason of any harm…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 25 : Act not intended and not known to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt, done by consent : (See section 87 of IPC 1860) Nothing which is not intended to cause death, or grievous hurt, and which…