Section 45 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Abetment of a Thing A person abets the doing of a thing, who—(a) instigates any person to do that thing; or(b) engages with one or more other person or persons in any…
Section 44 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Right of Private Defence Against Deadly Assault When There Is Risk of Harm to Innocent Person If in the exercise of the right of private defence against an assault which reasonably causes…
Section 43 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Commencement and Continuance of Right of Private Defence of Property The right of private defence of property,—(a) commences when a reasonable apprehension of danger to the property commences;(b) against theft continues till…
Section 42 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – When Such Right Extends to Causing Any Harm Other Than Death If the offence, the committing of which, or the attempting to commit which occasions the exercise of the right of private…
Section 41 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – When Right of Private Defence of Property Extends to Causing Death The right of private defence of property extends, under the restrictions specified in section 37, to the voluntary causing of death…
Section 40 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – 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…
Section 39 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – 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…
Section 38 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – 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…
Section 37 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Acts Against Which There is No Right of Private Defence (1) There is no right of private defence, —(a) against an act which does not reasonably cause the apprehension of death or…
Section 36 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – 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,…
Section 35 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – 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…
Section 34 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Things Done in Private Defence Nothing is an offence which is done in the exercise of the right of private defence. See Legal Jobs
Section 33 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – 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,…
Section 32 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Act to Which a Person is Compelled by Threats Except murder, and offences against the State punishable with death, nothing is an offence which is done by a person who is compelled…
Section 31 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Communication Made in Good Faith No communication made in good faith is an offence by reason of any harm to the person to whom it is made, if it is made for…
Section 30 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Act Done in Good Faith for Benefit of a Person Without Consent Nothing is an offence by reason of any harm which it may cause to a person for whose benefit it…
Section 29 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Exclusion of Acts Which Are Offences Independently of Harm Caused The exceptions in sections 25, 26, and 27 do not extend to acts which are offences independently of any harm which they…
Section 28 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Consent Known to Be Given Under Fear or Misconception A consent is not such a consent as is intended by any section of this Sanhita,—(a) if the consent is given by a…
Section 27 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Act Done in Good Faith for Benefit of Child or Person of Unsound Mind, by, or by Consent of Guardian Nothing which is done in good faith for the benefit of a…
Section 26 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Act Not Intended to Cause Death, Done by Consent in Good Faith for Person’s Benefit Nothing, which is not intended to cause death, is an offence by reason of any harm which…
Section 25 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Act Not Intended and Not Known to Be Likely to Cause Death or Grievous Hurt, Done by Consent Nothing which is not intended to cause death, or grievous hurt, and which is…
Section 24 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Offence Requiring a Particular Intent or Knowledge Committed by One Who Is Intoxicated In cases where an act done is not an offence unless done with a particular knowledge or intent, a…
Section 23 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – 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,…
Section 22 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – 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…
Section 21 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – 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…
