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Home › Bare Acts › Indian Penal Code, 1860 › Section 96

Chapter IV — General Exceptions

Section 96 — Things done in private defence

Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Free to read

Now: BNS Section 34 – Things done in private defence · IPC → BNS table

Nothing is an offence which is done in the exercise of the right of private defence.

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