Apex Court has observed
"It is otherwise important to bear in mind that self- preservation of one's life is the necessary concomitant of the right to life enshrined in Article 21 of the Constitution of India, fundamental in nature, sacred, precious and inviolable. The importance and validity of the duty and right to self-preservation has a species in the right of self-defence in criminal law. Centuries ago thinkers of this great land conceived of such right and recognised it. Attention can usefully be drawn to Verses 17, 18, 20 and 22 in Chapter 16 of the Garuda Purana (A Dialogue suggested between the Divine and Garuda, the bird) in the words of the Divine:
Vinaa dehena kasyaapi canpurushaartho na vidyate Tasmaaddeham dhanam
rakshetpunyakarmaani saadhayet
Without the body how can one obtain the objects of human life? Therefore protecting the body which is the wealth, one should perform the deeds of merit.
Rakshayetsarvadaatmaanamaatmaa sarvasya
bhaajanam Rakshane yatnamaatishthejje
vanbhaadraani pashyati
One should protect his body which is responsible for everything. He who protects himself by all efforts, will see many auspicious occasions in life.
Sharirarakshanopaayaah kriyante sarvadaa budhaih Necchanti cha punastyaagamapi
kushthaadiroginah
The wise always undertake the protective measures for the body. Even the persons suffering from leprosy and other diseases do not wish to get rid of the body.
Aatmaiva yadi naatmaanamahitebhyo nivaarayet Konsyo
hitakarastasmaadaatmaanam taarayishyati
If one does not prevent what is unpleasant to himself, who else will do it? Therefore one should do what is good to himself."
"It is otherwise important to bear in mind that self- preservation of one's life is the necessary concomitant of the right to life enshrined in Article 21 of the Constitution of India, fundamental in nature, sacred, precious and inviolable. The importance and validity of the duty and right to self-preservation has a species in the right of self-defence in criminal law. Centuries ago thinkers of this great land conceived of such right and recognised it. Attention can usefully be drawn to Verses 17, 18, 20 and 22 in Chapter 16 of the Garuda Purana (A Dialogue suggested between the Divine and Garuda, the bird) in the words of the Divine:
Vinaa dehena kasyaapi canpurushaartho na vidyate Tasmaaddeham dhanam
rakshetpunyakarmaani saadhayet
Without the body how can one obtain the objects of human life? Therefore protecting the body which is the wealth, one should perform the deeds of merit.
Rakshayetsarvadaatmaanamaatmaa sarvasya
bhaajanam Rakshane yatnamaatishthejje
vanbhaadraani pashyati
One should protect his body which is responsible for everything. He who protects himself by all efforts, will see many auspicious occasions in life.
Sharirarakshanopaayaah kriyante sarvadaa budhaih Necchanti cha punastyaagamapi
kushthaadiroginah
The wise always undertake the protective measures for the body. Even the persons suffering from leprosy and other diseases do not wish to get rid of the body.
Aatmaiva yadi naatmaanamahitebhyo nivaarayet Konsyo
hitakarastasmaadaatmaanam taarayishyati
If one does not prevent what is unpleasant to himself, who else will do it? Therefore one should do what is good to himself."
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