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'A' Who is an officer of a Court of justice, receives an order from that Court to arrest 'Y'. 'A' after…

Section 14 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 76 IPC) protects A’s good-faith mistake of identity while performing a legal duty. Its illustration…

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'A' Who is an officer of a Court of justice, receives an order from that Court to arrest 'Y'. 'A' after due enquiry, arrests 'Z' believing him to be 'Y'. According to which section, 'A' has committed no offence?

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Section 14 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 76 IPC) protects A’s good-faith mistake of identity while performing a legal duty. Its illustration specifically describes a court officer ordered to arrest Y who, after due inquiry, arrests Z believing him to be Y. Section 17 concerns being justified by law, while section 15 protects a judge acting judicially; the precise bound-by-law illustration belongs to section 14.

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