# Judgments construing Section 79 of The Indian Penal Code, 1860

10 judgments in this corpus construe Section 79 of The Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Act done by a person justified, or by mistake of fact believing himself justified, by law, the ones the courts themselves rely on most listed first.

Canonical: https://unisonlegal.in/browse/acts/ipc/79

Showing 1–10 of 10, ordered by how often this corpus itself cites each judgment.

## The section itself

- [Section 79 of The Indian Penal Code, 1860](https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/ipc/79) — Act done by a person justified, or by mistake of fact believing himself justified, by law

## The judgments

- [[1964] 3 S.C.R. 742](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/supre-me-court-reports-1964-vol-the-state-of-andhra-pradesh-v-n-venugopal-and-3021) — cited by 5 · names the section 2 times, first at printed page 11
- [SATYAVIR SINGH RATHI v. STATE THR. C.B.I](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/satyavir-singh-rathi-v-state-thr-c-b-i-27813) — [2011] 6 S.C.R. 138 · cited by 4 · names the section 7 times, first at printed page 20
- [SUSHIL ANSAL v. STATE THROUGH CBI](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/sushil-ansal-v-state-through-cbi-30226) — [2014] 9 S.C.R. 571 · cited by 3 · names the section 7 times, first at printed page 122
- [NAGRAJ v. STATE OF MYSORE](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/nagraj-v-state-of-mysore-3015) — [1964] 3 S.C.R. 671 · cited by 3 · names the section 2 times, first at printed page 14
- [RAJKAPOOR S/O PRITHVIRAJ KAPOOR v. LAXMAN S/0 KISHANLAL GAVAI](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/rajkapoor-s-o-prithviraj-kapoor-v-laxman-s-0-kishanlal-gavai-7906) — [1980] 2 S.C.R. 512 · cited by 2 · names the section 11 times, first at printed page 1
- [Manish Gupta v. State of U.P](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/manish-gupta-v-state-of-u-p-47901) — (2022) 12 ILRA 476 · cited by 1 · names the section once, first at printed page 5
- [AVEEK SARKAR & ANR v. STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ORS](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/aveek-sarkar-anr-v-state-of-west-bengal-ors-29844) — [2014] 2 S.C.R. 263 · cited by 1 · names the section 7 times, first at printed page 3
- [Kartar Singh and others v. The State of Punjab](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/kartar-singh-and-others-v-the-state-of-punjab-1241) — [1956] 1 S.C.R. 483 · cited by 1 · names the section 2 times, first at printed page 2
- [GOOGLE INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED v. M/S. VISAKHA INDUSTRIES](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/google-india-private-limited-v-m-s-visakha-industries-33668) — [2019] 17 S.C.R. 661 · names the section once, first at printed page 2
- [[1987] 2 S.C.R. 785](https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/state-of-orissa-v-bhagaban-barik-9498) — names the section 9 times, first at printed page 1

## Elsewhere

- [Every section of The Indian Penal Code, 1860](https://unisonlegal.in/browse/acts/ipc)