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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 192: Fabricating false evidence
- Section 45: Life
- Section 283: Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation
- Section 363A: Kidnapping or maiming a minor for purposes of begging
- Section 458: Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night after preparation for hurt, assault, or wrongful restraint
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