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Section 104 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
104. 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 defense, be theft, mischief, or criminal trespass, not of any of the descriptions enumerated in the last preceding section, that right does not extend to the voluntary causing of death, but does extend, subject to the restrictions mentioned in section 99, to the voluntary causing to the wrong-doer of any harm other than death.
Related Sections
- Section 458: Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night after preparation for hurt, assault, or wrongful restraint
- Section 324: Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means
- Section 135: Abetment of desertion of soldier, sailor or airman
- Section 376: Punishment for rape
- Section 357: Assault or criminal force in attempt wrongfully to confine a person
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