section 76 indian penal code

CHAPTER  IV GENERAL EXCEPTIONS

INDIAN PENAL CODE

Section 76: Act Done By A Person Bound, Or By Mistake Of Fact Believing Himself Bound, By Law

76: 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 of Justice, being ordered by that court to arrest Y, and after due enquiry believing Z to be Y, arrest Z. A has committed no offence.