IPC Section 103 — When the right of private defence of property extends to causing death

Summary

Under certain conditions listed in section 99, a person may use force that causes death or any other harm to protect their property. This is only allowed if the offence being committed or attempted is one of the specific types listed in the following parts of this section.

Official Text

The right of private defence of property extends, under the restrictions mentioned in section 99, 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:

Related Judgments

• S.C.R. 101 KASHI RAM & OTHERS v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN — Supreme Court of India (2008)
• S.C.R. 1 BHANWAR SINGH & ORS v. STATE OF M.P — Supreme Court of India (2008)
• STATE OF HARYANA v. SMT. KAMLA AND ORS. APRIL 30, 1996 B — Supreme Court of India (S)
• S.C.R. SUKUMARAN v. STATE REP. BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE — Supreme Court of India (2019)
• SUMANLAL CHHOTALAL KAMDAR ETC v. MISS ASHA TRILOKBHAI SHAH ETC. MAY 9, 1995 B — Supreme Court of India (S)
• ST A TE OF RAJASTHAN v. RAM BHAROSI AND ORS. AUGUST 12, 1998 — Supreme Court of India (1998)
• STATE OF BIBAR v. MATHU PANDEY — Supreme Court of India (1970)
• RAVISHWAR MANJHI & ORS v. STATE OF JHARKHAND 427 — Supreme Court of India (2008)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §41 — When right of private defence of property extends to causing death