IPC 97 — Right of private defence of the body and of property

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

Every person has  a right,  subject to the restrictions contained in section
99, to defend-
First.--His own  body, and  the body  of any  other  person, against any offence affecting the human body;
Secondly.--The property,  whether movable  or immovable,  of himself or  of any  other person,  against any  act which  is  an offence falling  under the  defintion of theft, robbery, mischief or criminal  trespass, or  which is  an attempt  to commit theft, robbery, mischief or criminal trespass.

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