General Exceptions
IPC Section 101 - When such right extends to caus ing any harm other than death
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 101 deals with when such right extends to caus ing any harm other than death.
Full official legal text
101. When such right extends to caus ing any harm other than death. If the offence be not of
any of the descriptions enumerated in the last preceding section, the right of private defence of the body
does not extend to the voluntary causing of death to the assailant, but does extend, under the restrictions
mentioned in section 99, to the voluntary causing to the assailant of any harm other than death.
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IPC Section 99
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IPC Section 100
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IPC Section 102
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IPC Section 103
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