IPC Section 100 - When the right of private defence of the body extends to causing death

100. When the right of private defence of the body extends to causing death. 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:--

First.--Such an assault as may reasonably cause the apprehension that death will otherwise be the

consequence of such assault;

Secondly.--Such an assault as may reasonably cause the apprehension that grievous hurt will

otherwise be the consequence of such assault;

Thirdly.--An assault with the intention of committing rape;

Fourthly.--An assault with the intention of gratifying unnatural lust;

Fifthly.--An assault with the intention of kidnapping or abducting;

Sixthly.--An assault with the intention of wrongfully confining a person, under circumstances which

may reasonably cause him to apprehend tha t he will be unable to have recourse to the publ ic authorities

for his release.

1[Seventhly.--An act of throwing or administering acid or an attempt to throw or administer acid

which may reasonably cause the apprehension that grievous hurt will otherwise be the consequence of

such act.]