INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
97. Right of private defence of the body and of property
35. Right of private defence of body and of property.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
97. Right of private defence 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 defintion of theft, robbery, mischief
or criminal trespass, or which is an attempt to commit theft,
robbery, mischief or criminal trespass.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
35. Right of private defence of body and of property.—Every person has a right, subject to the
restrictions contained in section 37, to defend—
(a) his own body, and the body of any other person, against any offence affecting the human
body;
(b) 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.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023