If the offence is not of any of the descriptions enumerated in section 100, 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.
Section history
Section 101 — Start and continuance of right of private defence of body
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
[Indian PC 1860, s. 101]
(1)The right of private defence of the body starts as soon as the defender reasonably believes that there is danger to the body (either his own or that of any other person) arising from any act which is an offence against the human body or an attempt or a threat to commit the offence, though the offence may not have been committed.
(2)The right of private defence continues as long as the belief of danger mentioned in subsection (1) continues.