BNS Section 31 – When the right of private defence of the body extends to causing death | Lexolive

⚖ BNS: Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Act No. 45 of 2023 · Replaces IPC 1860 · In force: 1 July 2024
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BNS Section 31 – When the right of private defence of the body extends to causing death

Chapter 3: General Exceptions  ·  Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

BNS Section 31 IPC S.100
IPC Reference IPC S.100
The right of private defence of the body extends to the voluntary causing of death or of any other harm to the assailant if the offence which occasions the exercise of the right is such an assault as may reasonably cause the apprehension that death will otherwise be the consequence or such an assault as may reasonably cause the apprehension that grievous hurt will otherwise be the consequence or an assault with the intention of committing rape or an assault with the intention of gratifying unnatural lust or an assault with the intention of kidnapping or abducting or an assault with the intention of wrongfully confining a person or an act of throwing or administering acid which may reasonably cause the apprehension that grievous hurt will otherwise be the consequence.
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