BNS Section 29 – Right of private defence against act of person of unsound mind | 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 29 – Right of private defence against act of person of unsound mind

Chapter 3: General Exceptions  ·  Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

BNS Section 29 IPC S.98
IPC Reference IPC S.98
When an act which would otherwise be a certain offence is not that offence by reason of the youth the want of maturity of understanding the unsoundness of mind or the intoxication of the person doing that act every person has the same right of private defence against that act which he would have if the act were that offence.
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