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:

Sections referred to

• IPC §99 — Acts against which there is no right of private defence

Related Judgments

• KASHI RAM & OTHERS vs STATE OF RAJASTHAN — Supreme Court of India (2008)
• BHANWAR SINGH & ORS. vs STATE OF M.P — Supreme Court of India (2008)
• STATE OF BIHAR vs MATHU PANDEY & ORS — Supreme Court of India (1969)
• STATE OF RAJASTHAN vs RAM BHAROSI AND ORS — Supreme Court of India (1998)
• MADAN SINGH BISHTA; Represented by:; Mr.Anil Gautam, Advocate vs UOI & ORS — Delhi High Court (2014)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

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