Halakhah for Nedarim 53:3
מאן תנא להא דתנו רבנן נדר מחמשה בני אדם כאחד הותר לאחד מהם הותרו כולן חוץ מאחד מהן הוא מותר והן אסורין
— No. This refers to one who declared, 'Had I known that shuah figs were among them, I would have vowed, "Let the whole basket [of figs] be forbidden, but the shuah figs permitted."'
Sefer HaChinukh
Not to punish one coerced into a sin: That we have been prevented from judging one who is coerced into doing a sin, which is to say that we should not punish any person for a thing that he does against his will. And about this is it stated (Deuteronomy 22:26), "But to the maiden you shall not do a thing, etc." And this is a negative commandment that includes anyone that is coerced into doing a bad deed; that we should not punish him for it. And explicitly did they, of blessed memory, say (Sanhedrin 27a), "The Merciful One exempts the one coerced, as it states, 'But to the maiden you shall not do a thing.'"
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