INDIAN PENAL CODE
Section 79: Act Done By A
Person Justified, Or By Mistake Of Fact Believing Himself Justified By Law
79: Act Done By A Person
Justified, Or By Mistake Of Fact Believing Himself Justified By Law::--Nothing is an offence which is done by any person who is
justified by law, or who by reason of a mistake of fact and not by reason of
mistake of law in good faith believes himself to be justified by law, in doing
it.
Illustration
A sees Z commit what
appears to A to be a murder. A in the exercise, to the best of his judgement
exerted in good faith, of the power which the law gives to all persons of
apprehending murderers in the fact, seizes Z, in order to bring Z before the
proper authorities. A has committed no offence, though it may turn out that Z
was acting in self defence.
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