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Under section 38 of the BNS, the right of private defence of the body extends to voluntarily causing…

Section 38(b) of the BNS lists an assault that may reasonably cause the apprehension that "Grievous hurt" will otherwise be the consequence as one of the cases in which…

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Under section 38 of the BNS, the right of private defence of the body extends to voluntarily causing death if the assault is such as may reasonably cause the apprehension that which of the following will otherwise be the consequence?

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Section 38(b) of the BNS lists an assault that may reasonably cause the apprehension that "Grievous hurt" will otherwise be the consequence as one of the cases in which private defence of the body extends to causing death. Simple hurt and brief wrongful restraint are not among the listed cases, so section 39 applies to them and death may not be caused. Loss of movable property concerns private defence of property, not of the body.

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