Indian Penal Code
IPC 104 is now BNS 42.
When such right extends to causing any harm other than death
Carried over
91% of the old wording kept
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. IV
s. 104
When such right extends to causing any harm other than death
If the offence, the committing of which, or the attempting to commit which occasions the exercise of the right of private defence, be theft, mischief, or criminal trespass, not of any of the descriptions enumerated in the last preceding section, that right does not extend to the voluntary causing of death, but does extend, subject to the restrictions mentioned in section 99, to the voluntary causing to the wrong-doer of any harm other than death.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. III
s. 42
When such right extends to causing any harm other than death.
If the offence, the committing of which, or the attempting to commit which occasions the exercise of the right of private defence, be theft, mischief, or criminal trespass, not of any of the descriptions specified in section 41, that right does not extend to the voluntary causing of death, but does extend, subject to the restrictions specified in section 37, to the voluntary causing to the wrong-doer of any harm other than death.
Text from India Code