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Q1 · easy · IPC S.100
Under Section 100 IPC, to what does the right of private defence of the body extend?
- A.To the voluntary causing of death or of any other harm to the assailant✓ correct
- B.Only to causing non-lethal harm to the assailant
- C.Only to preventing property damage
- D.Only to causing death of the assailant
Why: Section 100 states that the right of private defence of the body extends to the voluntary causing of death or of any other harm to the assailant. The provision explicitly includes both death and other harm.
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Is the extension of the right of private defence under Section 100 subject to any limitations?
- A.No, it is an absolute right without limitations
- B.Yes, but only when the danger is immediate
- C.Yes — it is subject to the restrictions mentioned in the last preceding section✓ correct
- D.Only when a magistrate authorises it
Why: Section 100 begins by qualifying the right as extending "under the restrictions mentioned in the last preceding section," so the expansion to causing death or harm is subject to those prior restrictions.
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Can the right under Section 100 extend to causing death if the offence which occasions the exercise of the right is not one of the descriptions that are "hereinafter enumerated"?
- A.Yes, if the defender perceives sufficient threat
- B.No — it extends to causing death only if the offence which occasions the exercise of the right is one of the descriptions hereinafter enumerated✓ correct
- C.Yes, but only when the defender is injured first
- D.Only if the assailant is armed
Why: Section 100 conditions the extension to causing death on the offence which occasions the exercise of the right being "of any of the descriptions hereinafter enumerated," so offences not among those descriptions are not covered by this extension.
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Does Section 100 itself enumerate the descriptions of offences that permit the right to cause death?
- A.Yes, Section 100 lists them directly
- B.No, it gives some examples within the same section
- C.Yes, it lists them together with punishments
- D.No — it refers to offences "hereinafter enumerated," meaning the descriptions appear later in the Act✓ correct
Why: Section 100 refers to offences "hereinafter enumerated," indicating that the specific descriptions are set out later in the Act rather than within Section 100 itself.
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According to Section 100, the condition that allows the right to cause death depends primarily on which of the following?
- A.The offence which occasions the exercise of the right✓ correct
- B.How violent the defensive act is
- C.The consent of the assailant
- D.Whether a police officer is present
Why: Section 100 explicitly makes the extension to causing death contingent on "the offence which occasions the exercise of the right" being of the descriptions that are hereinafter enumerated, so the nature of the offence is the primary condition.
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