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Under section 35 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, what may the right of private defence protect,…

Section 35 covers defence of one's own body or another person's body against offences affecting the human body. It also covers one's own or another person's movable or…

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Under section 35 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, what may the right of private defence protect, subject to the statutory restrictions?

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Section 35 covers defence of one's own body or another person's body against offences affecting the human body. It also covers one's own or another person's movable or immovable property against theft, robbery, mischief, criminal trespass or attempts to commit those offences. Section 37 limits the right.

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Option A

The property branch includes immovable as well as movable property.

Option B

The property branch includes movable as well as immovable property.

Option C

The statute separately protects a person's own body and the body of another person.

Option D

The two branches cover the body and property, including both forms of property, within the statutory limits.

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