Chapter 4 — General Exceptions
Section 99: Acts against which there is no right of private defence
There is no right of private defence against an act which does not reasonably cause the apprehension of death or of grievous hurt, if done, or attempted to be done, by a public servant acting in good faith under colour of his office, though that act may not be strictly justifiable by law.
About The Indian Penal Code, 1860
An Act to provide a general Penal Code for India.