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A person may voluntarily cause the death of an assailant in the exercise of right of private defense to protect himself against an assault done with the intention of:

A person may voluntarily cause the death of an assailant in the exercise of right of private defense to protect himself against an assault done with the intention of: Correct Answer All of the above

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PRINCIPLES: 1. Nothing is an offence which is done in the exercise of the right of private defense.
2. When an act, which would otherwise be a certain offence, is not that offence, by reason of the youth, the want of maturity of understanding, the unsoundness of mind or the intoxication of that person or by reason of misconception on the part of that person, every person has the same right of private defense against that act, which he would have if that act were an offence.
3. Everyone has the right to defend their life and property against criminal harm provided it is not possible to approach public authorities and more harm than that is necessary has not been caused to avert the danger.
4. If in the exercise of right of private defense against an assault which reasonably causes the apprehension of death, the defender be so situated that he cannot effectually exercise that right without risk of harm to an innocent person, his right of private defense extends to the running of that risk.
5. The right of private defense continues as long as apprehension of danger continues.
FACT: A enters by night a house which he is legally entitled to enter. Z, in good faith, taking A for a housebreaker, attacks A.
Which of the following among item A and item B are correct?
The right of private defence extends, subject to Section 99, to the causing of death of the assailant or aggressor in the following circumstances:
Item A: For defence of body:
1. Against an act which reasonably causes the apprehension of an assault to outrage the modesty
2. Against an act which reasonably causes the apprehension that the assailant will kill his children living in another city
3. Against an act which reasonably causes the apprehension that grievous hurt would otherwise be the consequence
Item B: For defence of property:
1. While the trespasser is engaged in house breaking during day time.
2. Against a thief who reasonably causes the defender to believe that he would lose his property
3. Against a person who commits mischief under such circumstances as may reasonably cause apprehension that grievous Hurt would be a consequence
Select the correct answer:
Consider the following provision in Section 300 of the Indian Penal Code:
Several culpable states of mind are referred to with the:
1. intention to cause death
2. knowledge that the act is so imminently dangerous that it must in all probability cause death
3. intention to cause such bodily injury as the offender know to be likely to cause death of the person to whom harm is caused
4. intention of causing such bodily injury as is sufficient in ordinary course of nature to cause death.
The correct order of the sequence in which they are placed in the provision is:
Which of the following statement/statements is/are incorrect?
1. Nothing is offence which is done in exercise of right of Private Defence under Indian Penal Code
2. A person has right to defend his own body only and not the body of other
3. Right of Private Defence is extended to cause death in defamation case
4. A person has even right of Private Defence where there is time to have recourse to the protection of the public authorities
Right of private defence of body extends to causing assailant's death if assailant's act is of such nature that it
A' intended to cause death of 'B' caused death of 'C' whose death he neither intended nor knew himself to be likely to be caused and it happened in the description of his intention to cause death of 'B'. 'A'
Principle: Whoever causes death by doing an act with the intention of causing death, commits the offence of culpable homicide. However, a person is guilty of culpable homicide amounting to murder if the act by which the death is caused is done with the intention of causing death.
Factual Situation: Saurab, had a serious argument with his wife. The woman uttered some filthy words at Saurab, which further irritated him. He moved towards the woman with a wooden piece to beat her. Suddenly, their daughter who was sleeping in the room woke up and ran towards her mother. Saurab's blow fell on the child's head and she fell down unconscious. The couple believed that their daughter died due to the blow.
Saurab immediately took out a rope and hung her by the neck on to the ceiling fan to give the impression that the girl committed suicide as she failed in the Class X examination. When the rope got tightened the child cried, but died immediately due to asphyxiation.
The right granted under Section 100 of the Indian Penal Code to the extent of causing death can be exercised against an assault which reasonably causes an apprehension that death will otherwise be the consequences of the assault. The above rule has been explained by the Supreme Court in which of the famous cases:
The right of private defence of body extends to causing death of the assailant if the offence which occasions the exercise of the right is of:
Indian Penal Code: In case of assault with the intention to gratifying unnatural lust, the right of private defence of body extends voluntarily causing