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BNS Section 35: Right of private defence of body and of property

Section 35 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 deals with right of private defence of body and of property. It replaces IPC 97 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

Text of BNS Section 35

35. 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 offence affecting the human body;

(b) the property, whether movable or immovable, of himself or of any other

person, against any act which is an offence falling under the definition of theft, robbery, mischief or criminal trespass, or which is an attempt to commit theft, robbery, mischief or criminal trespass.

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