Section 38 BNS- When right of private defence of body extends to causing death The right of private defence of the body extends, under the restrictions specified in section 37, to the voluntary causing of death or of any other harm to the assailant, if…
Section 37 BNS- Acts against which there is no right of private defence. (1) There is no right of private defence,–– (a) against an act which does not reasonably cause the apprehension of death or of grievous hurt, if done, or attempted to be done,…
Section 36 BNS- Right of private defence against act of a person of unsound mind, etc. When an act, which would otherwise be a certain offence, is not that offence, by reason of the youth, the want of maturity of understanding, the unsoundness of mind…
Section 35 BNS- Right of private defence of body and of property Every person has a right, subject to the restrictions contained in section 37, to defend— (a) his own body, and the body of any other person, against any offence affecting the human body;…
Section 34 BNS- Things done in private defence Nothing is an offence which is done in the exercise of the right of private defence.
Section 33 BNS- Act causing slight harm Nothing is an offence by reason that it causes, or that it is intended to cause, or that it is known to be likely to cause, any harm, if that harm is so slight that no person of…
Section 32 BNS- Act to which a person is compelled by threats. Except murder, and offences against the State punishable with death, nothing is an offence which is done by a person who is compelled to do it by threats, which, at the time of…
Section 31 BNS- Communication made in good faith No communication made in good faith is an offence by reason of any harm to the person to whom it is made, if it is made for the benefit of that person. Illustration: A, a surgeon, in…
Section 30 BNS- Act done in good faith for benefit of a person without consent Nothing is an offence by reason of any harm which it may cause to a person for whose benefit it is done in good faith, even without that person’s consent,…
Section 29 BNS- Exclusion of acts which are offences independently of harm caused The exceptions in sections 25, 26 and 27 do not extend to acts which are offences independently of any harm which they may cause, or be intended to cause, or be known…