BNS Section 14 — Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law
Section 14 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
14. Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law.— Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who is, or who by reason of a mistake of fact and not by reason of a mistake of law in good faith believes himself to be, bound by law to do it. ¶
(a) A, a soldier, fires on a mob by the order of his superior officer, in conformity with the commands of the law. A has committed no offence. ¶
(b) A, an officer of a Court, being ordered by that Court to arrest Y, and, after due enquiry, believing Z to be Y, arrests Z. A has committed no offence. ¶
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