42. If the offence, the committing of which, or the attempting to commit which occasions the exercise of the right of private defence, be theft, mischief, or criminal trespass, not of any of the descriptions specified in section 41, that right does not extend to the voluntary causing of death, but does extend, subject to the restrictions specified in section 37, to the voluntary causing to the wrong-doer of any harm other than death.
IPC Section 104 in BNS: Section 42
When such right extends to causing any harm other than death
Section 104 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (When such right extends to causing any harm other than death) corresponds to Section 42 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.
Text of BNS Section 42
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