Section 76 - Act Done by a Person Bound, or by Mistake of Fact Believing Himself Bound, by Law in Indian Penal Code, 1860
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Section 76 of Indian Penal Code, 1860
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.
Illustrations
(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 of Justice, 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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