BNS · Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Section 39 — When such right extends to causing any harm other than death.
Replaces IPC Section 101.
If the offence be not of any of the descriptions specified in section 38, the right of private defence of the body does not extend to the voluntary causing of death to the assailant, but does extend, under the restrictions specified in section 37, to the voluntary causing to the assailant of any harm other than death.
Nearby sections
- 36 Right of private defence against act of a person of unsound mind, etc.
- 37 Acts against which there is no right of private defence.
- 38 When right of private defence of body extends to causing death.
- 40 Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of body.
- 41 When right of private defence of property extends to causing death.
- 42 When such right extends to causing any harm other than death.
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