by reason of a mistake of fact and not by reason of a mistake of law in good faith, believes person justified, or by mistake of himself to be justified by law, in doing it. fact believing himself justified, Illustration. by law. A sees Z commit what appears to A to be a murder. A,…
order of, a Court; if done whilst such judgment or order remains in force, is an offence, pursuant to judgment or notwithstanding the Court may have had no jurisdiction to pass such judgment or order, order of provided the person doing the act in good faith believes that the Court had such jurisdiction. Court.
exercise of any power which is, or which in good faith he believes to be, given to him by law. when acting judicially.
person bound, mistake of fact and not by reason of a mistake of law in good faith believes himself to be, or by mistake bound by law to do it. of fact believing Illustrations. himself bound, by law. (a) A, a soldier, fires on a mob by the order of his superior officer, in conformity…
punishment under Chapter X or Chapter XVII of this Sanhita with imprisonment of either description for for certain a term of three years or upwards, shall be guilty of any offence punishable under either of offences after previous those Chapters with like imprisonment for the like term, shall be subject for every such conviction. subsequent…
solitary exceed fourteen days at a time, with intervals between the periods of solitary confinement of confinement. not less duration than such periods; and when the imprisonment awarded shall exceed three months, the solitary confinement shall not exceed seven days in any one month of the whole imprisonment awarded, with intervals between the periods of…
confinement. Court has power to sentence him to rigorous imprisonment, the Court may, by its sentence, order that the offender shall be kept in solitary confinement for any portion or portions of the imprisonment to which he is sentenced, not exceeding three months in the whole, according to the following scale, namely:— (a) a time…
person guilty offences specified in the judgment, but that it is doubtful of which of these offences he is of one of several guilty, the offender shall be punished for the offence for which the lowest punishment is offences, provided if the same punishment is not provided for all. judgment stating that it is doubtful…
itself an offence, the offender shall not be punished with the punishment of more than one of punishment of offence made such his offences, unless it be so expressly provided. up of several offences. (2) Where— (a) anything is an offence falling within two or more separate definitions of any law in force for the…
fine, liability which the offender is liable is unlimited, but shall not be excessive. in default of payment of (2) In every case of an offence–– fine, etc. (a) punishable with imprisonment as well as fine, in which the offender is sentenced to a fine, whether with or without imprisonment; (b) punishable with imprisonment or…