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Section 42 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
42. When such right extends to causing any harm other than death.
If the offence, the committing of which, or the attempting to commit which occasions the exercise of the right of private defence, be theft, mischief, or criminal trespass, not of any of the descriptions specified in section 41, that right does not extend to the voluntary causing of death, but does extend, subject to the restrictions specified in section 37, to the voluntary causing to the wrong-doer of any harm other than death.
Related Sections
- Section 61: Criminal conspiracy
- Section 309: Robbery
- Section 220: Illegal purchase or bid for property offered for sale by authority of public servant
- Section 209: Nonappearance in response to a proclamation under section 84 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
- Section 258: Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that he is acting contrary to law
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