Indian Penal Code 1860
Chapter IV ( Section 76 to 106 ) :
General Exceptions :
Section 76 :
Act done by a person bound, or by mistake off act believing himself bound, by law:
(See section 14 of BNS 2023)
Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who is, or who by reason of a mistake off act 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.
