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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, right of private defence is not available

Under BNS s.37 (formerly s.99 IPC) there is no right of private defence where there is time to have recourse to the protection of the public authorities. Section 36 BNS…

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, right of private defence is not available

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Under BNS s.37 (formerly s.99 IPC) there is no right of private defence where there is time to have recourse to the protection of the public authorities. Section 36 BNS (formerly s.98 IPC) says the right exists against an act which is not an offence only because the doer is a child, of unsound mind or intoxicated, so it may be used against a child or an insane person.

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