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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in which of the following the right of private defence of body…

Section 38 of the BNS extends the right of private defence of the body to causing death against assaults intended to commit rape, to gratify unnatural lust, or to kidnap or…

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in which of the following the right of private defence of body does not extend to causing of death?

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Section 38 of the BNS extends the right of private defence of the body to causing death against assaults intended to commit rape, to gratify unnatural lust, or to kidnap or abduct, and under clause (f) against an assault intended to "wrongfully confine" a person where he cannot have recourse to the public authorities. Mere wrongful restraint is not in the list.

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