720 ILCS 5/7-13 : Rights and Remedies — Criminal Offenses — Criminal Code — Criminal Code of 2012 — Principles of Criminal Liability — Justifiable Use of Force; Exoneration —13 - Necessity

Conduct which would otherwise be an offense is justifiable by reason of necessity if the accused was without blame in occasioning or developing the situation and reasonably believed such conduct was necessary to avoid a public or private injury greater than the injury which might reasonably result from his own conduct.