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'A' an officer of a Court, being ordered by the Court to arrest Y, and after due enquiry, believing Z…

This matches the illustration to BNS s.14, where a court officer ordered to arrest Y instead arrests Z after due enquiry, believing Z to be Y, an error of identity, which is…

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'A' an officer of a Court, being ordered by the Court to arrest Y, and after due enquiry, believing Z to be Y, arrests Z. What mistake has been committed by A?

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This matches the illustration to BNS s.14, where a court officer ordered to arrest Y instead arrests Z after due enquiry, believing Z to be Y, an error of identity, which is a mistake of fact, not of law.

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