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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 90: Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage
- Section 85: Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty
- Section 91: Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause to die after birth
- Section 195: Assaulting or Obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc
- Section 206: Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding
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