This section covers act causing slight harm in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). 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 … Read more
This section covers things done in private defence in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Of right of private defence. Things done in private defence. Nothing is an offence which is done in the exercise of the right of private defence. What was the old IPC code for Section 34 of BNS 2023? In the … Read more
This section covers right of private defence of body and property in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). 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 … Read more
This section covers right of private defence against person with mental illness in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). 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 … Read more
This section covers act of child above seven and under twelve, of immature understanding in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Act of a child above seven and under twelve years of age of immature understanding: Nothing is an offence which is done by a child above seven years of age and under twelve years … Read more
This section covers act against which there is no private defence in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Acts against which there is no right of private defence. (1) There is no right of private defence: – against an act which does not reasonably cause the apprehension of death or of grievous hurt, if done, … Read more
This section covers act of person with mental illness in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Act of a person of unsound mind. Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who, at the time of doing it, by reason of unsoundness of mind, is incapable of knowing the nature of the act, … Read more
This section covers when right of private defence of the body extends to causing death in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). 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 … Read more
This section covers act of person incapable of judgement by reason of intoxication in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused against his will. Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who, at the time of doing it, is, by reason … Read more
This section covers when such right extends to causing any harm other than death in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). When such right extends to causing any harm other than death. If the offence be not of any of the descriptions specified in section 38, the right of private defence of the body does … Read more