Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
BNS Section 37: Act against which there is no right to private defence Extent to which the right may be exercised
IPC Section 99 is covered by BNS Section 37.
- BNS 37IPC: 99Changed
Act against which there is no right to private defence Extent to which the right may be exercised.
The IPC section is reframed into two subsections, and the first paragraph is reframed as sub-section 1 with clauses (a), (b), and (c). The second paragraph is reproduced as subsection (2) sans heading.
Source: Correspondence Table and Comparison Summary of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) to the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC), Central Academy for Police Training (CAPT), Bhopal — prepared by Anil Kishore Yadav, IPS, Director (PDF hosted on keralaprisons.gov.in). Check the bare act before relying on a section in court.
Related BNS sections
- BNS 44: Right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to innocent person · IPC 106
- BNS 35: Right of private defence of body and of property · IPC 97
- BNS 40: Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of the body · IPC 102
- BNS 41: When the right of private defence of property extends to causing death · IPC 103
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