CHAPTER 03 (GENERAL EXCEPTIONS)

Previously Section 96 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Nothing is an offence which is done in the exercise of the right of private defence.

Previously Section 95 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Nothing is an offence by reason that it causes, or that it is intended to cause, or that it is known to be likely to cause, any harm, if that harm is so slight that no person of ordinary sense and temper would complain of such

Previously Section 94 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Except murder, and offences against the State punishable with death, nothing is an offence which is done by a person who is compelled to do it by threats, which, at the time of doing it, reasonably cause the apprehension that instant death to that person will

Previously Section 93 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) No communication made in good faith is an offence by reason of any harm to the person to whom it is made, if it is made for the benefit of that person. Illustration.A, a surgeon, in good faith, communicates to a patient his opinion that he

Previously Section 92 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Nothing is an offence by reason of any harm which it may cause to a person for whose benefit it is done in good faith, even without that person’s consent, if the circumstances are such that it is impossible for that person to signify consent, or

Previously Section 91 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) The exceptions in sections 21, 22 and 23 do not extend to acts which are offences independently of any harm which they may cause, or be intended to cause, or be known to be likely to cause, to the person giving the consent, or on whose

Previously Section 90 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) A consent is not such a consent as is intended by any section of this Sanhita,–– (a) if the consent is given by a person under fear of injury, or under a misconception of fact, and if the person doing the act knows, or has reason

Previously Section 89 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Nothing which is done in good faith for the benefit of a person under twelve years of age, or of person with mental illness, by or by consent, either express or implied, of the guardian or other person having lawful charge of that person, is an

Previously Section 88 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Nothing, which is not intended to cause death, is an offence by reason of any harm which it may cause, or be intended by the doer to cause, or be known by the doer to be likely to cause, to any person for whose benefit it

Previously Section 87 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Nothing which is not intended to cause death, or grievous hurt, and which is not known by the doer to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt, is an offence by reason of any harm which it may cause, or be intended by the doer