SECTION 100 IPC - Indian Penal Code -

When the right of private defence of the

body extends to causing death CLAA2013

Description
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:

1. Such an assault as may reasonably cause the apprehension that death will otherwise be the
consequence of such assault;
2. Such an assault as may reasonably cause the apprehension that grievous hurt will otherwise
be the consequence of such assault;
3. An assault with the intention of committing rape;
4. An assault with the intention of gratifying unnatural lust;
5. An assault with the intention of kidnapping or abducting;
6. An assault with the intention of wrongfully confining a person, under circumstances which
may reasonably cause him to apprehend that he will be unable to have recourse to the public
authorities for his release.
7. 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.1

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Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013
Section 294 of the Indian Penal Code makes punishment mandatory for
obscene acts committed in public or obscene words spoken in public.

To be precise Section 294 states whoever to the annoyance of others:

294(a): Does any obscene act in a public place or
294(b): Sings, recites or utters any obscene song, ballad or words in a public
place or even close to a public place

Shall be punished with imprisonment of up to three months or fine may be

levied or both might be imposed on the accused based on the severity of the
conduct. It needs to be noted here that Section 294 is not gender specific and
both the victim and the offender can either be a male or a female.

What is section 509 of the IPC?

The section 509 of the IPC intends to penalize a person who expresses
words, gestures, acts in order to hurt the modesty of the woman. The section
goes on saying that any person who with an intention of hurting the modesty
of woman utters any word, makes a sound or gesture, or exhibits an object so
that the woman can either hear the sound or shall see the object or a person
who intrudes upon the privacy of a woman shall be punished for up to one
year or a fine can be imposed upon and sometimes depending on the severity
of the offense the offender is punished as well as needs to pay the fine.

The offence of S-509 is cognizable and bailable in nature. However, one

should keep in mind that the section emphasizes on the fact that the offender
should have the intention of hurting the modesty of the woman. Section 509
IPC can be tried by any magistrate.