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Under which section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 may the right of private defence of the body…

Section 38 BNS (formerly section 100 IPC) lists the circumstances in which private defence of the body extends to voluntarily causing the assailant's death. The right…

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Under which section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 may the right of private defence of the body extend to voluntarily causing death to the assailant?

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Section 38 BNS (formerly section 100 IPC) lists the circumstances in which private defence of the body extends to voluntarily causing the assailant's death. The right remains subject to the restrictions in section 37 BNS (formerly section 99 IPC), so it does not authorize lethal force for every assault.

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