Indian Penal Code, 1860
IPC Section 102 in BNS
§ 102 IPC→§ 40 BNS
Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of the body. Section 102 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of the body) corresponds to Section 40 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
Verify before you rely on this. Renumbering under the 2023 codes is not a clean one-to-one exercise — provisions were merged, split and reworded. Always check the printed bare act.
Practise it
Section 45 has AIBE 22 questions on this area, each cited to both codes with a line telling you where to find it in the bare act. Ten questions per subject are free.
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