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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in exercise of the right of private defence death cannot be…

Under BNS s.41 (formerly IPC s.103), the right of private defence of property extends to causing death only for aggravated offences such as robbery, house-breaking after…

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in exercise of the right of private defence death cannot be caused in the case of:

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Under BNS s.41 (formerly IPC s.103), the right of private defence of property extends to causing death only for aggravated offences such as robbery, house-breaking after sunset and before sunrise, or mischief by fire to a dwelling house, not for simple theft, mischief, or house-trespass alone (unless committed in circumstances reasonably causing apprehension of death or grievous hurt).

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