If justifiable defense obviously exceeds the necessary limit and causes great damage, criminal responsibility shall be borne, but the punishment shall be mitigated or exempted. In order to protect national interests, public interests, individuals or other people's personal, property and other rights from ongoing illegal infringement and stop illegal infringement, it belongs to legitimate defense.
Self-defense consists of the following conditions:
1, which must be aimed at illegal infringement;
2. The unlawful infringement must be real, not imagined or speculated by the defender;
3. The illegal infringement must be ongoing;
4. The purpose of defense is to protect the rights and interests of the public, oneself or others;
5. The wrongdoer must be properly defended;
6, should not exceed the necessary limit.
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Legal basis: Article 20 of the Criminal Law: In order to protect the state, public interests, personal, property and other rights of oneself or others from ongoing illegal infringement, stopping illegal infringement and causing damage to the illegal infringer, it belongs to self-defense and does not bear criminal responsibility. If justifiable defense obviously exceeds the necessary limit and causes great damage, criminal responsibility shall be borne, but the punishment shall be mitigated or exempted. Taking defensive actions against violent crimes such as assault, murder, robbery, rape, kidnapping, etc., which seriously endanger personal safety, and causing casualties to illegal infringers, is not excessive defense and does not bear criminal responsibility.