Section 14 Of The Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita, 2023
Searching for Section 14 of The Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita, 2023 it also know as Section 14 of BNS Act 2023.
Section 14 of the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) talks about “Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law.”
Section 14 Of The Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita, 2023
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, being ordered by that Court to arrest Y, and, after due
enquiry, believing Z to be Y, arrests Z. A has committed no offence.