INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
115. Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life-if
55. Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life-if
offence is not committed.
115. Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment
for life--if offence not committed.-Whoever abets the commission of an
offence punishable with death or 1*[imprisonment for life], shall,
if that offence be not committed in consequence of the abetment, and
no express provision is made by this Code for the punishment of such
abetment, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a
term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to
fine:
if act causing harm be done in consequence.
if act causing harm be done in consequence.--and if any act for
which the abettor is liable in consequence of the abetment, and which
causes hurt to any person, is done, the abettor shall be liable to
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
fourteen years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Illustration
A instigates B to murder Z. The offence is not committed. If B
had murdered Z, he would have been subject to the punishment of death
or 1*[imprisonment for life]. Therefore A is liable to imprisonment
for a term which may extend to seven years and also to a fine; and, if
any hurt be done to Z in consequence of the abetment, he will be
liable to imprisonment for a term which may extend to fourteen years,
and to fine.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
55. Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life.—Whoever abets the
commission of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life, shall, if that offence be not
committed in consequence of the abetment, and no express provision is made under this Sanhita for the
punishment of such abetment, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine; and if any act for which the abettor is liable in
consequence of the abetment, and which causes hurt to any person, is done, the abettor shall be liable to
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to fourteen years, and shall also be liable
to fine.
Illustration.
A instigates B to murder Z. The offence is not committed. If B had murdered Z, he would have been
subject to the punishment of death or imprisonment for life. Therefore, A is liable to imprisonment for a
term which may extend to seven years and also to a fine; and if any hurt be done to Z in consequence of
the abetment, he will be liable to imprisonment for a term which may extend to fourteen years, and to
fine.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023