SECTION 104 IPC - Indian Penal Code - When such right 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.

IPC 104 in Simple Words

In simple words, Section 104 of the Indian Penal Code states that if the offense (like theft, mischief, or criminal trespass) does not fall under specific categories mentioned earlier, the right of private defense does not allow causing death, but it permits causing harm other than death to the wrongdoer, within certain restrictions.

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