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Section 39 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
39. When such right extends to causing any harm other than death.
If the offence be not of any of the descriptions specified in section 38, the right of private defence of the body does not extend to the voluntary causing of death to the assailant, but does extend, under the restrictions specified in section 37, to the voluntary causing to the assailant of any harm other than death.
Related Sections
- Section 95: Hiring, employing or engaging a child to commit an offence
- Section 37: Acts against which there is no right of private defence
- Section 113: Terrorist act
- Section 151: Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain exercise of any lawful power
- Section 334: Dishonestly breaking open receptacle containing property
Related Acts
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