Section 100 of IPC 1860: When the right of private defence of the body extends to causing death
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When the right of private defence of the body extends to causing death-Indian Penal Code
The right of private defence of the body extends, under the restrictions mentioned in the last preceding section, to the voluntary causing of death or of any other harm to the assailant, if the offence which occasions the exercise of the right be of any of the descriptions hereinafter enumerated, namely: