BNS Section 15

Section 15 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, which is equivalent to Section 77 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), protects judges from criminal liability for acts done in their judicial capacity, provided they are acting under legal authority or with a genuine belief in such authority.

IPC Section 77

Nothing is an offence which is done by a Judge when acting judicially in the exercise of any power which is, or which in good faith he believes to be, given to him by law.

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