If an individual acts in defence towards an on-going assault, murder, theft, rape, kidnap or another crime of violence that critically endangers his private safety, thus inflicting injury or dying to the perpetrator of the illegal act, it isn’t undue defence, and he shall not bear legal accountability. If an individual’s act of justifiable defence clearly exceeds the limits of necessity and causes serious harm, he shall bear criminal responsibility; nevertheless, he shall be given a mitigated punishment or be exempted from punishment.
Whoever intentionally obstructs officers of a State security organ or a public security organ from maintaining State security in accordance with regulation and causes critical penalties, though with out resort to violence or menace, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph. Any policeman or other officer who instigates a person held in custody to beat or maltreat one other person held in custody by subjecting him to corporal punishment, the policeman or officer shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Where a functionary of a State organ commits any of the crimes talked about within the preceding three paragraphs by profiting from his features and powers, he shall be given a heavier punishment in accordance with the provisions within the previous three paragraphs correspondingly. Where a unit commits the crime talked about in the Articles from 221 via 230 of this Section, it shall be fined, and the individuals who are immediately in charge and the other … Read More
