Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
BNS Section 34
Things done in private defence
In one line
BNS Section 34 deals with things done in private defence and replaces IPC 96.
Bare act text — BNS 34
34. Things done in private defence.
Nothing is an offence which is done in the exercise of the right of private defence.
Frequently asked
What was BNS Section 34 in the IPC?
BNS Section 34 (Things done in private defence) replaces Section 96 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. IPC 96 is now BNS 34.
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Nearby BNS sections
- BNS 29 — Exclusion of acts which are offences independently of harm caused
- BNS 30 — Act done in good faith for benefit of a person without consent
- BNS 31 — Communication made in good faith
- BNS 32 — Act to which a person is compelled by threats
- BNS 33 — Act causing slight harm
- BNS 35 — Right of private defence of body and of property
- BNS 36 — Right of private defence against act of a person of unsound mind, etc
- BNS 37 — Acts against which there is no right of private defence
- BNS 38 — When right of private defence of body extends to causing death
- BNS 39 — When such right extends to causing any harm other than death