Section 35 in THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 – BNS

Right of private defence of body and of property

35. Every person has a right, subject to the restrictions contained in section 37, to
    defend—
    (a) his own body, and the body of any other person, against any offence affecting
    the human body;
    (b) the property, whether movable or immovable, of himself or of any other
    person, against any act which is an offence falling under the definition of theft, robbery,
    mischief or criminal trespass, or which is an attempt to commit theft, robbery, mischief
    or criminal trespass.