Section 34 Earlier IPC 96
Things done in private defence
Chapter 3: General exceptions
Nothing is an offence which is done in the exercise of the right of private defence.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 35Right of private defence of body and of propertyIPC 97
- 36Right of private defence against act of a person of unsound mind, etcIPC 98
- 37Acts against which there is no right of private defenceIPC 99
- 38When right of private defence of body extends to causing deathIPC 100
- 39When such right extends to causing any harm other than deathIPC 101
- 40Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of bodyIPC 102