Section 35 Earlier IPC 97
Right of private defence of body and of property
Chapter 3: General exceptions
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.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 34Things done in private defenceIPC 96
- 36Right of private defence against act of a person of unsound mind, etcIPC 98
- 37Acts against which there is no right of private defenceIPC 99
- 38When right of private defence of body extends to causing deathIPC 100
- 39When such right extends to causing any harm other than deathIPC 101
- 40Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of bodyIPC 102