Section 41 Of The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Searching for Section 41 of The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 it also know as Section 41 of BNS Act 2023.
Section 41 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) talks about “When right of private defence of property extends to causing death.”
Section 41 Of The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The right of private defence of property extends, under the restrictions specified in
section 37, to the voluntary causing of death or of any other harm to the wrong-doer, if the
offence, the committing of which, or the attempting to commit which, occasions the exercise
of the right, be an offence of any of the descriptions hereinafter enumerated, namely:—
(a) robbery;
(b) house-breaking after sunset and before sunrise;
(c) mischief by fire or any explosive substance committed on any building, tent
or vessel, which building, tent or vessel is used as a human dwelling, or as a place for
the custody of property;
(d) theft, mischief, or house-trespass, under such circumstances as may
reasonably cause apprehension that death or grievous hurt will be the consequence,
if such right of private defence is not exercised.