What is legitimate defense? And what is the ruling on the accused if he is in a state of legitimate defense ?

Legitimate Defense is confronting a crime with a criminal act that the legislator has granted the status of legality due to reasons related to protecting a person’s right to life and ownership of property. The Penal Code addresses this right in Articles (42–46), considering it one of the causes of legality. Accordingly, legitimate defense is a compelling situation for the defender, dictated by the necessities of life, making him a representative of society in repelling danger to achieve the security and stability required for the existence of society. Punishing such a person would be considered a form of injustice against justice itself. It has been said that it is a legal authorization for the defender to repel aggression — and there is a difference between a right and a license: a right entails an obligation on the other party, whereas a license does not. Two conditions must be met for legitimate defense: necessity and proportionality. For legitimate defense to be recognized, the victim must be the one who initiated the assault. Necessity means that the danger must be imminent — this is what the legislator referred to with the phrase “if the defender faces imminent danger,” considering that the situation involves an urgent threat where the person under attack cannot resort to public authorities to avoid the danger.