BNS Section 40 — Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of body
Section 40 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of body”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
40. Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of body.—The right of private defence of the body commences as soon as a reasonable apprehension of danger to the body arises from an attempt or threat to commit the offence though the offence may not have been committed; and it continues as long as such apprehension of danger to the body continues. ¶
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