Claim: 'Law can be taken into hand if family is attacked: Supreme Court'
Fact-check: Old news clip related to Supreme Court's judgment favouring use of force for self defence is being shared with misleading claims - FACTLY
Verdict: in 2016, the supreme court acquitted two men, who were convicted for assaulting their neighbours. the court acquitted the men believing the act as done in self defence. in the context of section 97 of ipc, the apex court emphasised that 'the appellants can legitimately claim right to use force once they saw their parents being assaulted'. however, back then, the media reported the news as the sc extending the boundaries of self defence and the viral news clip is also of one such misleading news report. however, the sc merely interpreted the provisions of section 97 of ipc in spirit. hence the claim made in the post is misleading.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Chaitanya
Date published: 2022-07-28T08:25:37