Question

Under Indian Penal Code 1860, “Right to Private Defence” extends to __________.

• A. Protection of both body and property
• B. Protection of property only
• C. Protection of body only
• D. Protection of neither body nor property

Hint:

The Right of Private Defence is comprehensive. It allows you to defend your own body and property, as well as the body and property of others.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

The Right of Private Defence is detailed in Sections 96 to 106 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
Section 97 of the IPC explicitly states that every person has a right to defend: \begin{enumerate}
His own body, and the body of any other person, against any offence affecting the human body.

The property, whether movable or immovable, of himself or of any other person, against any act which is an offence falling under the definition of theft, robbery, mischief or criminal trespass.
Therefore, the right extends to the protection of both body and property.