INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
103. When the right of private defence of property extends to causing
41. When right of private defence of property extends to causing death.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
When the right of private defence of property extends to causing
death.
103. When the right of private defence of property extends to
causing death.--The right of private defence of property extends,
under the restrictions mentioned in section 99, to the voluntary
causing of death or of any other harm to the wrong-doer, if the
offence, the committing of which, or the attempting to commit which,
occasions the exercise of the right, be an offence of any of the
descriptions hereinafter enumerated, namely:-
First.-Robbery;
Secondly.-House-breaking by night;
Thirdly.-Mischief by fire committed on any building, tent or
vessel, which building, tent or vessel is used as a human
dwelling, or as a place for the custody of property;
Fourthly.-Theft, mischief, or house-trespass, under such
circumstances as may reasonably cause apprehension that death or
grievous hurt will be the consequence, if such right of private
defence is not exercised.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
41. When right of private defence of property extends to causing death.—The right of private
defence of property extends, under the restrictions specified in section 37, to the voluntary causing of
death or of any other harm to the wrong-doer, if the offence, the committing of which, or the attempting
to commit which, occasions the exercise of the right, be an offence of any of the descriptions hereinafter
enumerated, namely: —
(a) robbery;
(b) house-breaking after sunset and before sunrise;
(c) mischief by fire or any explosive substance committed on any building, tent or vessel, which
building, tent or vessel is used as a human dwelling, or as a place for the custody of property;
(d) theft, mischief, or house-trespass, under such circumstances as may reasonably cause
apprehension that death or grievous hurt will be the consequence, if such right of private defence is
not exercised.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023