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A hangman who hangs the prisoners pursuant to the order of the court is exempt from criminal liability…

Section 16 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 78 IPC) specifically protects acts performed pursuant to a court’s operative judgment or order. The hangman…

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A hangman who hangs the prisoners pursuant to the order of the court is exempt from criminal liability by virtue of:

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Section 16 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 78 IPC) specifically protects acts performed pursuant to a court’s operative judgment or order. The hangman executes that order rather than acting judicially himself, so section 15 is inapposite. Section 14 gives the general bound-by-law exception and section 17 the justified-by-law exception; section 16 directly addresses the court-order situation stated.

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