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N.K.Assumi (Querist) 11 September 2008 This query is : Resolved
Can there be a plea of private defense in the instant case? A and B were the only survivors of a ship hanging on a wooden plank.Suddenly they realized that the wooden plank could hold only one person.A gave a hard blow on B and as a result B was drowned in the ocean and A survive. A was charge of murder of B. Can A plea a case of private defense?

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Rajesh Kumar (Expert) 11 September 2008
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Adv.Shine Thomas (Expert) 11 September 2008
Sec.96 of IPC-Nothing is an offence which is done in the exercise of the right of private defence.In this case the right of private defence does not arise.