IPC 101 — When such right extends to causing any harm other than death

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

If the offence be not of any of the descriptions enumerated in the last  preceding section,  the right of private defence of the body does not  extend to  the voluntary  causing of death to the assailant, but does  extend, under  the restrictions  mentioned in section 99, to the voluntary causing to the assailant of any harm other than death.

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