BNS Section 41 - When right of private defence of property extends to causing death

41. When right of private defence of property extends to causing death.--The right of private

defence of property extends, under the restrictions specified in section 37, 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: --

(a) robbery;

(b) house-breaking after sunset and before sunrise;

(c) mischief by fire or any explosive substance committed on any building, tent or vessel, which

building, tent or vessel is used as a human dwelling, or as a place for the custody of property;

(d) theft, mischief, or house-trespass, under such circumstances as may reasonably cause

apprehension that death or grievous hurt will be the consequence, if such right of private defence is

not exercised.