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A, an officer of a court of justice, being ordered by that court to arrest Y, and after due enquiry,…

As in the illustration to BNS s.14, a court officer who, after due enquiry, arrests Z while believing him to be Y commits no offence, since this is a bona fide mistake of…

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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 is guilty of:

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As in the illustration to BNS s.14, a court officer who, after due enquiry, arrests Z while believing him to be Y commits no offence, since this is a bona fide mistake of fact.

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