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According to Section 38 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the right of private defence of the body…

An assault intended to commit robbery is not itself one of the categories listed in section 38 BNS (formerly section 100 IPC) for defence of the body. The listed categories…

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According to Section 38 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the right of private defence of the body extending to causing death is not available against an assault

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An assault intended to commit robbery is not itself one of the categories listed in section 38 BNS (formerly section 100 IPC) for defence of the body. The listed categories include reasonable apprehension of grievous hurt, kidnapping or abduction, and an assault intended to gratify unnatural lust. Robbery is separately addressed under section 41 BNS (formerly section 103 IPC) for defence of property; an accompanying threat to life may also bring the facts within section 38.

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