BNS Section 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. 

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.

[Old Corresponding Section: Section 76 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860]