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Which one of the following sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 provides that right of private…

Section 39 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 101 IPC) says that if the offence is not of any of the kinds listed in section 38, the right of private…

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Which one of the following sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 provides that right of private defence of body extends to causing harm short of death ?

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Section 39 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 101 IPC) says that if the offence is not of any of the kinds listed in section 38, the right of private defence of the body does not extend to voluntarily causing death, but "extends ... to the voluntary causing to the assailant of any harm other than death". Section 37 sets the general limits of the right, section 38 lists the cases in which death may be caused, and section 41 deals with causing death in defence of property.

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