BNS 33 — Act causing slight harm.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

33. 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 ordinary sense and temper would
complain of such harm.
Of right of private defence
Things done in private defence.
34. Nothing is an offence which is done in the exercise of the right of
private defence.
Right of private defence of body and of property.

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