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Section 97 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
97. Right of private defense of the body and of property
Every person has a right, subject to the restrictions contained in section 99, to defend-
First- His own body, and the body of any other person, against any offence affecting the human body;
Secondly- The property, whether movable or immovable, of himself or of any other person, against any act which is an offence falling under the definition of theft, robbery, mischief or criminal trespass, or which is an attempt to commit theft, robbery, mischief or criminal trespass.
Related Sections
- Section 160: Punishment for committing affray
- Section 92: Act done in good faith for benefit of a person without consent
- Section 309: Attempt to commit suicide
- Section 241: Delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be counterfeit
- Section 98: Right of private defense against the act of a person of unsound mind, etc.
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