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B.N.S. 2023

Section 17, B.N.S.

In force from 1 July 2024

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Constitutional Law II Case compilation

57 Landmark Constitutional Cases: Complete Notes

About this topic ▶ Watch this part of the lecture (0:00) These notes cover the 57 most important cases of Indian Constitutional Law . They are the cases that keep coming up in LL.B. examinations, in judiciary examinations and in every serious discussion of constitutional law. Every case is studied…

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B.N.S.

General Defences: Sections 14–18 B.N.S.

Sections 14 to 18 of the B.N.S. are the first general defences. Each one answers a familiar plea made by a person who has hurt someone or taken away someone's liberty:

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Practice MCQs

2 practice questions test this section.

  1. 1 A sees Z doing what appears to A to be a murder. Acting in good faith, A seizes Z to hand him over to the authorities. It later turns out that Z was actually acting in self defence. Under the B.N.S., which provision prot...
  2. 2 Prince, a private person, arrests a man he wrongly believes committed snatching in his presence. He hands the man to the police well within six hours. Which statement about Prince's defence under Section 17, B.N.S. is co...
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Official text

We show statutory text only after checking it word for word against the official source. Read Section 17 of the B.N.S. 2023 on India Code.

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