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    Question

    Which Section of the Indian Penal Code. 1860 deals with

    right to private defence of body and property?
    A Section 98 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Section 97 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Section 99 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Section 100 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Section 97 IPC - Right of private defence of the body and of property—Every person has a right, subject to the restrictions contained in section 99, to defend— First—His own body, and the body of any other person, against any offence affecting the human body; Secondly—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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